Heat capacities and an updated thermodynamic model for the Li-Sn system.

Phase-pure Li17Sn4 and Li7Sn3 intermetallic compounds were synthesized using defined heat treatment procedures in specially designed Ta crucibles. The products were characterized by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) and powder X-ray diffraction (powder-XRD) techniques to determine their composition and phase purity. The heat capacities of the synthesized compounds were measured via the step method in sealed Ta crucibles using a Setaram C80 Tian-Calvet calorimeter.

A thermodynamic study of the cadmium-neodymium system.

Abstract: Cd vapor pressures were determined over Cd-Nd samples by an isopiestic method. The measurements were carried out in the temperature range from about 690 to 1200 K and over a composition range between 48 and 92 at % Cd. From the vapor pressures, thermodynamic activities of Cd were derived for all samples at their respective sample temperatures, and partial molar enthalpies of Cd were obtained from the temperature dependence of the activities.

Reinvestigation of the Cd-Gd phase diagram.

The complete Cd-Gd equilibrium phase diagram was investigated by a combination of powder-XRD, SEM and DTA. All previously reported phases, i.e.

Enthalpies of formation of Cd-Pr intermetallic compounds and thermodynamic assessment of the Cd-Pr system.

In the present study standard enthalpies of formation were measured by reaction and solution calorimetry at stoichiometric compositions of CdPr, CdPr, CdPr and CdPr. The corresponding values were determined to be -46.0, -38.

Thermodynamic study of the cerium-cadmium system.

Cadmium vapor pressures were determined over Ce-Cd samples by an isopiestic method. The measurements were carried out in the temperature range from 690 to 1080 K and over a composition range of 48-85 at% Cd. From the vapor pressures thermodynamic activities of Cd were derived for all samples at their respective sample temperatures, and partial molar enthalpies of Cd were obtained from the temperature dependence of the activities.

Thermochemical investigations in the system Cd-Gd.

Vapour pressure measurements were performed in terms of a non-isothermal isopiestic method to determine vapour pressures of Cd in the system Cd-Gd between 693 and 1045 K. From these results thermodynamic activities of Cd were derived as a function of temperature for the composition range 52-86 at.% Cd.

Phase equilibria in the neodymium-cadmium binary system.

The equilibrium phase diagram of the neodymium-cadmium system has been established by thermal, metallographic and X-ray analysis based on a study of 70 alloys. The system contains three congruently melting intermetallic compounds, i.e.

Experimental investigation of the Cd-Pr phase diagram.

The complete Cd-Pr equilibrium phase diagram was investigated with a combination of powder-XRD, SEM and DTA. All intermetallic compounds within this system, already reported in literature, could be confirmed: CdPr, Cd2Pr, Cd3Pr, Cd45Pr11, Cd58Pr13, Cd6Pr and Cd11Pr. The corresponding phase boundaries were determined at distinct temperatures.

The Ni-rich part of the Al-Ge-Ni phase diagram.

The Ni-rich part of the ternary system Al-Ge-Ni ( > 50 at.%) was investigated by means of optical microscopy, powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential thermal analysis (DTA) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The two isothermal sections at 550 °C and 700 °C were determined.

Phase equilibria and structural investigations in the Ni-poor part of the system Al-Ge-Ni.

The ternary phase diagram Al-Ge-Ni was investigated between 0 and 50 at.% Ni by a combination of differential thermal analysis (DTA), powder- and single-crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD), metallography and electron probe microanalysis (EPMA). Ternary phase equilibria and accurate phase compositions of the equilibrium phases were determined within two partial isothermal sections at 400 and 700 °C, respectively.