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Heusler compound

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

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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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Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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Synonyms: Heusler alloy

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Etymology

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