Phase equilibria in the ternary Ag-Au-Ga system: isothermal sections at 250 °C and 450 °C.

  • Dominika Jendrzejczyk-Handzlik AGH University of Science and Technology Faculty of Non-Ferrous Metals 30 Mickiewicza Avenue 30-059 Kraków Poland

Abstract


The ternary Ag-Au-Ga system seems to be interesting in jeweller’s craft as a joint.  Moreover, the ternary systems based on gold and silver have found applications in the dental industry. A literature overview of the Ag-Au-Ga system shows that the information about phase equilibria of this system does not exist. In the present work,  phase equilibria in the Ag-Au-Ga ternary system have been studied by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) analysis and X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD). Twenty two annealed alloys in the 10-70 at.% Ga region have been investigated. Obtained experimental results were compared with the predicted calculated isothermal sections at two temperatures (250 °C and 450 °C). No ternary compounds are found.

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Published
2017/10/31
How to Cite
Jendrzejczyk-Handzlik, D. (2017). Phase equilibria in the ternary Ag-Au-Ga system: isothermal sections at 250 °C and 450 °C. Journal of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Metallurgy, 53(3), 215. Retrieved from https://aseestant.ceon.rs/index.php/jmm/article/view/14181