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