Activities of indium in solid solutions of Cu+In, Au+In and Cu+Au+In alloys

Jacob, KT and Alcock, CB (1973) Activities of indium in solid solutions of Cu+In, Au+In and Cu+Au+In alloys. In: Acta Metallurgica, 21 (7). 1011-1016 .

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Abstract

Thin foils of Cu, Au and Cu + Au alloys embedded in indium sesquioxide were equilibrated with controlled streams of CO-CO2 mixtures. The equilibrium concentrations of indium in the foils were determined by neutron activation analysis. The corresponding chemical potentials of indium were calculated from the standard free energies of formation of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and indium oxide. It was found that the size difference between the solute and the solvent does not make significant contributions to the solute—solute interaction energy in the α-phase. The chemical potential of indium at one at.% concentration is 8.6 Kcals more negative in gold than in copper at 900°K. The variation of this chemical potential with alloy composition in Cu + Au system was in good agreement with Alcock and Richardson's quasichemical equation. The agreement is strengthened by the accurate knowledge of the co-ordination number in these substitutional solid solutions from X-ray diffraction studies.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Acta Metallurgica
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy)
Date Deposited:	05 Dec 2011 07:25
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2011 07:25
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/42461

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