New ternary CeScSi-type RTi0.85Mo0.15Ge compounds (R=Gd-Tm, Lu)

Investigations made by powder X-ray diffraction on new ternary RTi0.85Mo0.15Ge compounds (R=Gd-Tm, Lu) are reported. The Compounds GdTi0.85Mo0.15Ge (a=0.4032(1) nm, c=1.5467(1) nm), TbTi0.85Mo0.15Ge (a=0.4014(1) nm, c=1.5315(1) nm), DyTi0.85Mo0.15Ge (a = 0.4010(1) nm, c = 1.5264(1) nm), HoTi0.85Mo0.15Ge (a = 0.3990(1) nm, c = 1.5144(1) nm), ErTi0.85Mo0.15Ge (a = 0.3993(1) nm, c = 1.5107(2) nm), TmTi0.85Mo0.15Ge (a = 0.3970(1) nm, c = 1.5004(2) nm) and LuTi0.85Mo0.15 (a = 0.3955(1) nm, c = 1.4875(3) nm) crystallize in the tetragonal CeScSi-type structure (space group I41mmm). (C) 2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.