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Experimental Investigation of the Ternary Ge-Sn-In and Ge-Sn-Zn Systems

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This paper presents results of experimental examinations of alloys from the ternary Ge-Sn-In and Ge-Sn-Zn systems. Differential thermal analysis, scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction were used for the experimental investigation of the prepared samples. Obtained experimental results were compared with the thermodynamically extrapolated phase diagrams of the Ge-Sn-In and Ge-Sn-Zn ternary systems based on the thermodynamic parameters for the constitutive binary systems. A good agreement is seen, which suggests that it is not necessary to introduce new thermodynamic parameters for the ternary Ge-Sn-In and Ge-Sn-Zn systems. By using the proposed thermodynamic dataset, a liquidus projection and invariant reactions have been predicted for both investigated ternary systems.

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This work has been supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (Grant No. OI172037). The authors appreciate the language assistance provided by Dr. Andrew Watson.

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  1. Faculty of Technology, University of East Sarajevo, Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Nemanja Tošković

  2. Faculty of Technical Science, University in Priština, Kos. Mitrovica, Serbia

    Duško Minić, Milena Premović, Aleksandar Djordjević & Aleksandar Marković

  3. Technical Faculty in Bor, University of Belgrade, Bor, Serbia

    Dragan Manasijević

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Tošković, N., Minić, D., Premović, M. et al. Experimental Investigation of the Ternary Ge-Sn-In and Ge-Sn-Zn Systems. J. Phase Equilib. Diffus. 39, 933–943 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11669-018-0696-2

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