TEM investigation on the low temperature phase of HfV{sub 2}

HfV2, a particularly attractive C15 Laves phase structural material, undergoes a structural transformation at 115K. A tentative reciprocal lattice for low-temperature HfV2 based on a combination of selected area diffraction patterns is illustrated. The results reveal structural characteristics inconsistent with earlier claims by other investigators. Further and detailed studies are under way, using a combination of CBED and synchrotron diffraction to determine the low-temperature structure`s crystal symmetry, lattice parameters, and atomic positions