Heusler compound

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Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

Heusler compound (plural Heusler compounds)

  1. (chemistry) 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.
    Synonym: Heusler alloy
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