aluminum-manganese-silicon alloy
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quasicrystals
- In quasicrystal: Microscopic images of quasicrystalline structures
…electron microscope image of quasicrystalline aluminum-manganese-silicon, parallel rows occur in five sets, rotated from one another by 72°, confirming that the fivefold symmetry suggested by the shape of the pentagonal dodecahedron grain reflects a fivefold symmetry in the actual placement of atoms.
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