“…are the so-called binary interaction parameters of the order . In this case, it was necessary to use three parameters, L (0) , L (1) , and L (2) , for a good description, so the polynomial has the form [3] The results of the least-squares fit for Ag-In are presented in Table II together with the literature values for the binary interaction parameters of Ag-Pd, Ag-Sn, In-Pd, In-Sn, and Pd-Sn, which have recently been determined by Luef et al [11][12][13][14] In a second step, the ternary Ag-In-Pd experimental data by Hayer [15] and the combined Ag-In-Sn data from Gather et al, [16] Alaoui-Elbelghiti, [17] and this work were treated by a least-squares fit. In this case, the so-called RedlichKister-Muggiano polynomial was used, which also takes the additional ternary interactions into account: [23] [4] where i and j are equal to 1, 2, or 3 for the elements Ag, In, and Pd, or Ag, In, and Sn, respectively, and L i:j (n) (n ϭ 0,1,2, .…”