PHYSICO-CHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE SnTe–NdTe SYSTEM
Phase diagram of the SnTe–NdTe system has been studied using differential-thermal analysis, X-ray diffraction, microstructural analysis and microhardness and density measurements. It has been established that the system SnTe–NdTe is a quasibinary section of ternary system Sn–Nd–Te. It is found out that in the system studied peritectic compound of NdSnTe2 composition forms at 8600C. At room temperature the SnTe – based solid solution extends to 5 mol % NdSnTe2, and the SnTe solubility in NdSnTe2 is – ~3 mol % SnTe
Keywords : quasibinary section, eutectic, peritectic, solid solution
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