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Experimental Determination of Phase Equilibria in the Sn-Zn-Sb System

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The phase equilibria of the Sn-Zn-Sb ternary system at 400 and 500 °C were experimentally determined by electron probe microanalyzer, x-ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry. In this study, the ternary compound of (Zn,Sn)Sb is confirmed at 400 and 500 °C. Additionally, a liquid phase region is found at 400 °C with composition ranges of 9.09-12.86 at.% Zn and 31.47-34.22 at.% Sn, which becomes a prolongation of the main liquid as the temperature is raised to 500 °C.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51031003 and 51171159) and the Ministry of Education of China (Grant No. 20120121130004). The support from National Key Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, 2012CB825700), the Aviation Industry Corporation of China and Xiamen City Department of Science & Technology (Grant No. 3502Z20121153) are also acknowledged.

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    Cuiping Wang, Yelu Xu, Shuiyuan Yang, Hengxing Jiang, Jian Li, Jiahua Zhu, Shuang Yang & Xingjun Liu

  2. Research Center of Materials Design and Applications, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, People’s Republic of China

    Cuiping Wang, Shuiyuan Yang, Hengxing Jiang, Jian Li, Jiahua Zhu, Shuang Yang & Xingjun Liu

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Wang, C., Xu, Y., Yang, S. et al. Experimental Determination of Phase Equilibria in the Sn-Zn-Sb System. J. Phase Equilib. Diffus. 36, 350–356 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11669-015-0387-1

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