High pressure synthesis and structural study of AuGa2 intermetallic compound
Materials Science
2025-07-02 v1
Abstract
We report the synthesis of the AuGa2 intermetallic compound, using a direct reaction of the relevant elements at room temperature and at very low pressure. The pressure needed to synthesize the AuGa2 compound is below 1 GPa, that is at the lower limit of modern large volume presses, routinely used to synthesize other commercially available materials. This study presents a new method of synthesizing AuGa2, which is much more cost efficient and environmentally friendly than the previously used high-temperature synthesis techniques, and will open new possibilities of synthesizing other intermetallic compounds using high-pressure athermal techniques.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2507.00592,
title = {High pressure synthesis and structural study of AuGa2 intermetallic compound},
author = {Azkar Saeed Ahmad and Zhuoyang Yu and Sizhe Wang and Tong Weng and Wenting Lu and Baihong Sun and Jiewu Song and Qian Zhang and Martin Kunz and Bihan Wang and Elissaios Stavrou},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.00592},
year = {2025}
}
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8 pages, 3 figures