Journal of Je Led AAIWM \CVOMTP OLINT| ie)Cc Volume 327, Numbers |—2, 30 August www.elsevier.com/locate/jallcom Contents Letters Metastable phases formed in the immiscible Co—Ag system by ion mixing Z.C. Li, X.Q. Cheng and B.X. Liu (Beijing, PR China) Low-temperature deuterium ordering in the cubic Laves phase derivative a-ZrCr,D,, ,. H. Kohlmann (Geneva, Switzerland), F. Fauth, P. Fischer (Villigen, Switzerland), AN. Skripov, V.N. Kozhanov (Ekaterinburg. Russia) and K. Yvon (Geneva, Switzerland) Phase relations in the ternary system SrO-TiO,-B,O Z.F. Wei, X.L. Chen, F.M. Wang, W.C. Li, M. He and Y. Zhang (Beijing, PR China) Physics Electrical properties of Bi, Sb Te, materials obtained by ultrarapid quenching E. Koukharenko (Montpellier, France and Minsk, Belarus), N. Fréty (Montpellier, France), V.G. Shepelevich (Minsk. Belarus) and J.C. Tedenac (Montpellier, France) Peculiarities of ferrimagnetism of Gd/Co multilayers AN. Svalov, V.O. Vas’ kovskiy (Ekaterinburg, Russia), J.M. Barandiaran (Bilbzo, Spain), N.G. Bebenin (Ekaterinburg. Russia), GV. Kurlyandskaya (Bilbao, Spain and Ekaterinburg, Russia), AV. Gorbunov (Ekaterinburg, Russia), L. Lezama, J. Gutiérrez (Bilbao, Spain) and D. Schmool ( Versailles, France) Magnetic properties of the B- and B’-ytterbium hydride phases W. Iwasieczko, M. Drulis and H. Drulis (Wroclaw, Poland) Magnetic phase transition in the antiferromagnetic compound La(Fe,, .Al,, ,, ) K. Irisawa, A. Fujita, K. Fukamichi (Sendai, Japan), H. Mitamura and T. Goto (Kashiwa, Japan) Low temperature neutron diffraction study of the CeFe,Al, compound M. Kolenda (Krakow, Poland), M.D. Koterlin (Lviv, Ukraine), M. Hofmann (Berlin, Germany), B. Pence, A. Szytula (Krakow, Poland), A. Zygmunt (Wroclaw, Poland) and J. Zukrowski (Krakow, Poland) Magnetic properties of PrMn, Fe,Ge, compounds S. Kervan, Y. Elerman, A. Elmali (Ankara, Turkey) and R. Theissmann (Darmstadt, Germany ) Mossbauer spectroscopy of the melt-spun Nd(FeB), alloys M. Siddique, M. Shafi and N.M. Butt (Islamabad, Pakistan) Optical conductivity and magnetic parameters of the intermetallic compounds R,Fe,, .M, (R=Y, Ce, Lu; M=AI, Si) Yu. Knyazev, A.G. Kuchin and Yu.I. Kuz’min (Ekaterinburg, Russia) Spin reorientations in La, |Ho Co, ,B compounds Z.F. Gu (Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China), Z.Y. Liu, D.C. Zeng (Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China), $.Z. Liang (Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China), J.C.P. Klaasse, E. Briick, F.R. de Boer and K.H.J. Buschow (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Magnetism, crystal structure and nitrogen content near the e—¢ phase boundary of iron nitrides M. Kano, T. Nakagawa, T.A. Yamamoto and M. Katsura (Osaka, Japan) The influence of the ionic component of the electrical conductivity on the semiconductor—metal transition in liquid Tl—-Se alloys V. Sklyarchuk and Yu. Plevachuk (Lviv, Ukraine) Study on various physical properties of PhO—As,O, glasses containing manganese ions G. Srinivasarao and N. Veeraiah (Nuzvid, India) Chemistry Synthesis of WSi,-ZrO, and WSi,—Nb composites by field-activated combustion I.J. Shon, D.H. Rho, H.C. Kim (Chonbuk, South Korea) and Z.A. Munir (Davis, CA, USA) Elsevier Science BV. Contents Influence of nickel substitution on the cation distribution and magnetic properties of ZnCr,Se, I. Jendrzejewska (Katowice, Poland), A. Waskowska and T. Mydlarz (Wroclaw, Poland) Crystal structure of rare-earth-rich platinum pnictides RE,Pt,X (RE=Y, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Lu; magnetic properties of Er. Pt,Bi Y. Mozharivskyj and H.F. Franzen (Ames, IA, USA) Combustion synthesis of Eu’ activated Y,Al,O,, phosphor nanoparticles S. Shikao and W. Jiye (Shijiazhuang, China) In situ characterization of phase transitions in cristobalite under high pressure by Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction . . V.B. Prokopenko, L.S. Dubrovinsky (Uppsala, Sweden), V. Dmitriev and H.-P. Weber (Grenoble. France) A structural study of Ca,La,(BO,). Y. Zhang (Beijing, PR China), J.K. Liang (Beijing and Shenyang, PR China), X.L. Chen, M. He and T. Xu (Beijing. PR China) Crystal structure of the Ag, Hg,, ..GeS, ., compound L.D. Gulay (Wien, Austria) and OV. Parasyuk (Lutsk, Ukraine) Synthesis of BaZrS, by short time reaction at lower temperatures Y. Wang, N. Sato and T. Fujino (Sendai, Japan) Single crystal structure and electrical properties of Cu,Ni,Sn,.S,, G. Garg (New Delhi, India), S. Bobev (Notre Dame, IN, USA) and A.K. Ganguli (New Delhi, India) Direct and indirect preparation of layered quaternary manganese tellurides; AMn,M_ Te, (A=Li, Na; M=Cu, Ag; x+yS2) J. Kim and T. Hughbanks (College Station, TX, USA) Metallurgy Pulsed neutron diffraction study on the short range structure of B,O,—Ag,O glasses H. Ushida, Y. Iwadate, T. Hattori, S. Nishiyama, K. Fukushima (Chiba, Japan), M. Misawa (Niigata, Japan) and T. Fukunaga (Osaka, Japan) Thermodynamic assessment of the Eu—Pd system Z. Du and Y. He (Beijing, China) Materials Science Phase relations in the system Y,O,—CaO-B,O, Y. Zhang, X.L. Chen (Beijing, China), J.K. Liang (Beijing and Shengyang, China), T. Xu and Y.P. Xu (Beijing, China) Effect of magnetization treatment on the electrochemical properties of La, ,Sm,, ,Ni, ,Co, ,, electrode alloy H. Pan, J. Ma, Y. Zhu, S. Li, C. Chen and Q. Wang (Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China) Electrochemical performance of nanocrystalline lead oxide in VRLA batteries J. Wang. S. Zhong, G.X. Wang, D.H. Bradhurst, M. lonescu, H.K. Liu and $.X. Dou (Wollongong, Australia) The development of a high-rate technology for wide-bandgap photosensitive a-SiC:H alloys B.G. Budaguan, A.A. Sherchenkov, G.L. Gorbulin (Moscow, Russia) and V.D. Chernomordic (Yaroslavl, Russia) The influence of thermal treatment on phase development in ZrO,—Fe,O, and HfO,—Fe,O, systems G. Stefani¢é, B. Grzeta (Zagreb, Croatia), K. Nomura (Tokyo, Japan), R. Trojko and S. Musié (Zagreb, Croatia) Superplastic Cu-Ag microcomposites H.J. Kwon and S.1. Hong (Taejon, South Korea) Barium oxides: equilibrium and decomposition of BaO, J.L. Jorda (Annecy-Le Vieux, France) and T.K. Jondo (Lomé, Togo) The effects of heat treatments on the microstructure and electrochemical properties of the ZrCr, ,Ni, , multiphase alloy M. Bououdina (Grenoble, France), C. Lenain, L. Aymard (Amiens, France), J.L. Soubeyroux and D. Fruchart (Grenoble, France) Study of the hydrogenation/dehydrogenation processes of ZrCr, ,Ni, ,, a Laves phase-rich multi-component system, by in-situ neutron diffraction under hydrogen gas pressure M. Bououdina, J.L. Soubeyroux and D. Fruchart (Grenoble, France) The effect of Ni content on the electrochemical and surface characteristics of Mg,,, ,Ti,,Ni, (¢=50, 55, 60) ternary hydrogen storage electrode alloys Y. Zhang, B. Liao, L.-X. Chen, Y.-Q. Lei and Q.-D. Wang (Hangzhou, PR China) Microstructure refinement and magnetic property enhancement of nanocomposite Pr,Fe,,B/a-Fe magnets by small substitution of M for Fe (M=Cr, Nb, Ti and Zr) Z. Chen, H. Okumura, G.C. Hadjipanayis (Newark, DE, USA) and Q. Chen (Phoenix, AZ, USA) Contents Kinetic study of the hydrogen-assisted disproportionation and recombination of Sm ,(Fe.CoV),,,-type magnetic alloy H.-W. Kwon (Pusan, South Korea) Crystal structure and infrared spectra of Na,Al,B,O, M. He, X.L. Chen, T. Zhou, B.Q. Hu, Y.P. Xu and T. Xu (Beijing, PR China) Synthesis and crystal structure of a new compound: CaGaBO, Z. Yang (Beijing, PR China), J.K. Liang (Beijing and Shengyang, PR China), X.L. Chen, T. Xu and Y.P. Xu (Beijing, PR China) Technique of melting and casting of (TbDy)Fe, matrix alloy bars C. Ji, W. Ma, J. Li and Y. Zhou (Shanghai, PR China) Location of deuterium atoms absorbed in nanocrystalline graphite prepared by mechanical alloying T. Fukunaga, K. Itoh (Osaka, Japan), S. Orimo, M. Aoki and H. Fujii (Hiroshima, Japan) Hydrogen sorption properties of an Mg-Ti-V—Fe nanocomposite obtained by mechanical alloying M. Khrussanova, E. Grigorova, I. Mitov, D. Radev and P. Peshev (Sofia, Bulgaria) Oxygen solubility in dysprosium mononitride prepared by carbothermic synthesis M. Takano, A. Itoh, M. Akabori and T. Ogawa (Ibaraki-ken, Japan) Microstructural characterization of TiB in in situ synthesized titanium matrix composites prepared by common casting technique W. Lu, D. Zhang (Shanghai and Xi'an, PR China), X. Zhang, R. Wu (Shanghai, PR China), T. Sakata and H. Mori (Osaka, Japan) Microstructural characterization of TiC in in situ synthesized titanium matrix composites prepared by common casting technique W. Lu, D. Zhang (Shanghai and Xi'an, PR China), X. Zhang, R. Wu (Shanghai, PR China), T. Sakata and H. Mori (Osaka, Japan) Volumetric properties and phase relations of silica — thermodynamic assessment H. Mao, B. Sundman (Stockholm, Sweden), Z. Wang and S.K. Saxena (Miami, FL, USA) Effect of La on the Sn-rich halo formation in Sn60-—Pb40 alloy X. Ma (Harbin and Guangzhou, P.R. China), Y. Qian (Harbin, P.R. China) and F. Yoshida (Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan) Synthesis of Cu'/Cu(II) substituted magnetite nanocomposites in aqueous media G. Pourroy, A. Valles-Minguez, T. Dintzer and M. Richard-Plouet (Strasbourg, France) Liquid miscibility gap in the Al-Pb-Sn system J.-H. Shim (Seoul, South Korea), H.-N. Lee (Kyongbuk, South Korea), H.P. Ha, Y.W. Cho and E.-P. Yoon (Seoul, South Korea) Structural and hydriding properties of (Mg,_,Ca,)Ni, Laves phase alloys N. Terashita, K. Kobayashi, T. Sasai and E. Akiba (Ibaraki, Japan) Mechanical properties of (U.Ce)O, with and without Nd or Zr S. Yamanaka, S. Yoshida, K. Kurosaki, M. Uno (Osaka, Japan), K. Yamamoto and T. Namekawa (Ibaraki, Japan) Studies of the phase equilibria in the Ag—Sn—Zn system G.P. Vassilev, E.S. Dobrev, S.K. Evtimova (Sofia, Bulgaria) and J.-C. Tedenac (Montpellier, France) Author Index of Volume 327 Subject Index of Volume 327