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The activity coefficients of niobium in Cu-Nb melts were measured by equilibrating solid NbO2 with liquid copper under controlled oxygen potentials in the temperature range of 1773 K to 1898 K (1500 °C to 1625 °C). Either CO-CO2 gas mixture or H2-CO2 gas mixture was employed to obtain the desired oxygen partial pressures. Cu-Nb system was found to follow Henry’s law in the composition range studied. The temperature dependence of Henry’s constant in the Cu-Nb melts could be expressed as follows:
The partial molar excess Gibbs energy change of niobium in Cu-Nb melts can be expressed as follows:
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The financial supports on the Project 50974011 and 51174021 from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the project FRF-TP-09-003A from the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities are gratefully acknowledged.
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Wang, D., Yan, B. & Sichen, D. Determination of Activities of Niobium in Cu-Nb Melts Containing Dilute Nb. Metall Mater Trans B 46, 533–536 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-015-0312-3
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