Rare Earth – Antimony Systems

Abstract

Publisher Summary This chapter presents a review of the current data on phase diagrams and the crystal structures of binary, ternary, and quaternary metal antimonides with the R elements (R ≡ Sc, Y and the lanthanides). The chapter provides an overview of the literature published on these systems— that is, the isothermal sections and crystallographic characteristics of the binary, ternary, and quaternary compounds as well as outlines of the experimental methods that have been utilized. A description of the structure types of ternary antimonides is given. The physical properties are briefly presented for the most common isotypic series of compounds. The general features and trends in the R –Sb and R –(s-, p-, d-, f- element)–Sb systems are discussed in this chapter. Similar to other binary R –p-element systems, the formation of binary rare earth-antimonides with a simple stoichiometry is a characteristic feature of these systems.