page_title: MAX phases
hierarchical_section_title: MAX phases
caption_attribution_description: English: Elements in the periodic table that react together to form the MAX phases.
context_page_description: The MAX phases are layered, hexagonal carbides and nitrides which have the general formula: Mₙ₊₁AXₙ, where n = 1 to 4, and M is an early transition metal, A is an A-group element and X is either carbon and/or nitrogen. The layered structure consists of edge-sharing, distorted XM₆ octahedra interleaved by single planar layers of the A-group element.
context_section_description: The MAX phases are layered, hexagonal carbides and nitrides which have the general formula: Mₙ₊₁AXₙ, (MAX) where n = 1 to 4, and M is an early transition metal, A is an A-group (mostly IIIA and IVA, or groups 13 and 14) element and X is either carbon and/or nitrogen. The layered structure consists of edge-sharing, distorted XM₆ octahedra interleaved by single planar layers of the A-group element.
caption: Elements in the periodic table that react together to form the remarkable MAX phases. The red squares represent the M-elements; the blue are the A elements; the black is X, or C and/or N.
exif: {}