Icosahedral quasicrystal produced by gas evaporation of an Al-Mn alloy

Abstract
Al-Mn alloy particles prepared by evaporation of an Al-10 at. % Mn alloy in He gas have been found to exhibit the same diffraction pattern reported for a melt-spun Al6Mn icosahedral quasicrystal. An x-ray energy dispersive analysis shows a Mn content of about 24 at. %.