Heusler compounds

A form of Heusler compound — 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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noun
  1. pluralplural of Heusler compound
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