Abstract
Recent superconductivity and crystallographic data for the MM′X ternary compounds with M = Ti, Zr, or Hf, M′ = Ru or Os, and X = P or As are presented. Moderate to high superconducting transition temperatures (T c 's)are exhibited by the ZrRuSi-type hexagonal phase which is found to be metastable at low temperatures. The low-temperature phase of ZrRuP has the TiNiSi-type orthorhombic structure and exhibits superconductivity at 3.9K. The low-temperature phase of HfRuAs has the TiFeSi-type orthorhombic superstructure and remains normal at 1.0K. TiRuAs exists only with the superstructure and remains normal at 0.35K. The details of these various structural modifications point to the importance of undistorted zig-zag chains of metal atoms for the occurrence of superconductivity in these compounds. The lowT c for TiRuP and the absence of superconductivity for TiOsP above 0.35K are not accounted for by these structural modifications.
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