Growth of the Single Crystal of Peritectic Reaction Induced Phases by “Melting Zone of Different Compositions” Technique

1.IntroductionItiswellknownthatamongthenumerouscom-pounds,acOnsiderablenumberofthemarepre-paredthroughthecOrrespondingperitecticreac-tions.Peritecticreactioninducedphases,especiallythoseOfthecOmpoundtypesuchasrare-earth-transitionmetalcompounds,usuallyhavespecialphysicalproperties1~4].SinglecrystalsofcompOundshavegotwideapplicationsinmanyfields.HOwever,asshowninFig.l,greatdifficultiesarisewhenasinglecrystalofsuchacompoundispreparedbecausetheinducingofotherphasesaccompaniestheperitecticreac…