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Re-Measurement of Peritactic Temperature of the Sigma Phase in the Ta-Pd System

Published

Author(s)

Richard M. Waterstrat

Abstract

The anomalously high peritectic temperature reported for the sigma-phase in the Ta-Pd system together with the liklihood that significant losses of palladium had occured during the measurements has led to a reinvestigation of the peritectic temperature. optical metallography was used to detect liquifaction in homogenous single-phase samples of the sigma phase (Ta3Pd) annealed for short periods of time in small temperature increments. This resulted in a revised peritectic temperature of 2000 + 10 degrees C and a revised Ta-Pd phase diagram.
Citation
Journal of Phase Equilibria
Volume
24
Issue
No. 4
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

constitution diagram, palladium alloys, peritectic temperature, phase diamgram, tantalum alloys, vaporization losses

Citation

Waterstrat, R. (2003), Re-Measurement of Peritactic Temperature of the Sigma Phase in the Ta-Pd System, Journal of Phase Equilibria (Accessed May 30, 2023)

Created April 1, 2003, Updated February 17, 2017