Heusler compound

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounHeusler compound (plural Heusler compounds)

plural Heusler compounds

  1. chemistryAny 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.

    Synonyms: Heusler alloy

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny 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.

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Heusler alloy
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heusler alloy

Origin

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

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