What phase did Shechtman discover during his sabbatical?
Hexagonal phase
Icosahedral phase
Tetragonal phase
Monoclinic phase
Answer
Daniel Shechtman discovered the icosahedral phase while on sabbatical at the National Bureau of Standards. He was studying the phase of aluminum alloys, and he noticed that the structure of the alloys was not consistent with the current understanding of crystallography. Shechtman's discovery led to the development of the field of quasicrystals, which are materials that have a regular structure but do not have the same symmetry as crystals.
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