English Explanatory Dictionary

Heusler compound

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a class of magnetic intermetallic compounds with face-centered cubic crystal structure and a composition of XYZ (half-Heuslers) or X2YZ (full-Heuslers), where X and Y are transition metals and Z is in the p-block. They have applications in spintronics.

Word forms

Heusler compound Heusler compounds

Etymology

Named after German mining engineer and chemist Friedrich Heusler, who studied such a compound in 1903.

Synonyms

Heusler alloy
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