Measurements were made to determine how Pt influences the partial thermodynamic properties of Al and Ni in c¢-(Ni,Pt) 3 Al and liquid in the Ni-Al-Pt system. The activities of Al and Ni were measured with a multiple effusion-cell mass spectrometer (multi-cell KEMS). For a constant X Al = 0.24, adding Pt, from X Pt = 0.02-0.25, reduces a(Al) almost an order of magnitude, from 2 · 10 )4 to 2 · 10 )5 , at 1560 K. This occurred for D m " H(Al) of )203 ± 10 kJ mol )1 and the a(Al) decrease was due to D m " S(Al) increasing from )60 to )40 J mol )1 K )1 with Pt addition. The large negative D m " H(Al) and D m " S(Al) indicate Al-atoms are highly ordered in c¢-(Ni,Pt) 3 Al. Nickel activity, a(Ni), remained essentially constant,~0.7, indicating an increasing ternary interaction between Ni-atoms and (Al + Pt)-atoms with Pt addition, where c Ni increased from about 0.7 to 1.2. This is supported by D m " H(Ni) in the range 6.1-7.1 ± 1.5 kJ mol )1 at 1520 K, and a positive D m " S xs (Ni), which suggest disorder on the Ni-lattice. For a consistent X Al = 0.27, adding Pt, from X Pt = 0.10-0.25, also reduces a(Al) but only by a factor of about 3, while a(Ni) remained essentially constant, with c Ni increasing from about 0.7 to 0.95. A dramatic change in the mixing behavior was observed between the X Al ¼ 0:24 and 0.27 series of alloys, where D m " H(Al) and D m " S(Al) are seen to increase about 50 kJ mol )1 and 20 J mol )1 K )1 at T = 1566 K, respectively. In contrast, D m " H(Ni) decreased about 16 kJ mol )1 at T = 1520 K and D m " S xs (Ni) changed from a positive to a negative value.