Crystal Lattice Structures:	Reference Date: 1 Jan 1996
	Last Modified: 22 Feb 2006

The Laves Phase Structures

Picture of cubic Laves lattice (C15)

Laves phases have composition AB₂, where the A atoms are ordered as in diamond, hexagonal diamond, or a related structure, and the B atoms form tetrahedra around the A atoms. See Barrett and Massalski, pp. 256-9, for more information.

Hexagonal MgZn₂ (C14)	Cubic Cu₂Mg (C15)
Hexagonal MgNi₂ (C36)	MgSnCu₄ (C15_b)

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