%0 journal article
%@ 1359-6462
%A Zhu, Y.M., Weyland, M., Medhekar, N.V., Dwyer, C., Mendis, C.L., Hono, K., Nie, J.F.

%D 2015
%J Scripta Materialia

%P 16-19 
%R doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2015.01.007
%T On the prismatic precipitate plates in Mg–Ca–In alloys
%U https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2015.01.007
 
%X Prismatic precipitate plates in an age hardenable Mg–Ca–In alloy are characterized by atomic-resolution high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy. The precipitate phase, designated δ, has a monoclinic structure. The proposed crystal structure of the δ is supported by first-principles calculations and multi-slice image simulations. The δ plates form with a considerably large dilatational strain in the direction perpendicular to their habit plane, and this strain is accommodated elastically.