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THE alloy AuCu3 has an ordered structure below 391° C. If a disordered alloy is heat-treated below this temperature, superlattice lines appear on X-ray powder photographs, and the development of the perfectly ordered structure can be followed by observation of these superlattice lines; they are diffuse at first and increase in sharpness as the heat-treatment progresses, until they become as sharp as the main lines.
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EDMUNDS, I., HINDE, R. & LIPSON, H. Diffraction of X-Rays by the Alloy AuCu3. Nature 160, 304 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160304a0
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