"Crystal structure ... is the properties ..."
It does not sound right but "very exiting "science"" is
to find link between the crystal structure and the properties...
Peter Zavalij
-----Original Message-----
From: E. K. Akdogan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 4:29 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Neutron diffraction with boron
Importance: High
With regard to MgB2 and atomic coordinates....
1) Armel's right....it's routine work at this day & age.
2) I also agree that atomic coordinates is a prerequisite for deeper
understanding etc etc.
My views on this matter however:
No crystal structure can make a living as a crystal structure :-(
It's the properties that need be harnessed. Once the structure is
solved...the immediate question should be...so what? :-) If you
can come up a useful answer to that, than you're at the very
beginning of a very exciting "science" study which may ultimately
lead to an engineering success.
That's of course my opinion, I could be wrong--to coin a line
from the 400 lbs Gorilla (aka Dennis Miller)
E. K. Akdogan, Ph. D.
Research Associate
Center for Ceramic Research
Rutgers University
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Piscataway, NJ 08854-8065
Phone: (732)-445 5614
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-----Original Message-----
From: Armel Le Bail [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 6:26 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Neutron diffraction with boron
>Knowing what the
>structure does or doesn't do around the transition would be a prerequisite
>to a deeper understanding of the phenomena.
We still wait for a deeper understanding of the phenomena,
since 1986, right ? And this, after thousands of characterizations.
You really think that MgB2 will give more ? Maybe...
More probably not. Anyway, I completely agree about the
fact that this has to be done : just routine to do so.
Armel
