The standard enthalpies of formation (Δ f H°) of selected ternary Ni-based Heusler compounds Ni 2 YZ (Y = Co, Cu, Fe, Hf, Mn, Ti, V; Z = Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sn) were measured using high temperature direct reaction calorimetry. The measured standard enthalpies of formation (in kJ/mole of atoms) of the Heusler structured (L2 1 , prototype Cu 2 MnAl, Pearson symbol cF16, space group Fm3 _ m) compounds are: Ni 2 MnGa (-29.8 ± 3.9); Ni 2 MnIn (-24.5 ± 2.0); Ni 2 MnSn (-29.7 ± 2.9); Ni 2 TiGa (-42.5 ± 2.2); Ni 2 TiIn (-28.5 ± 1.1); Ni 2 TiSn (-46.8 ± 2.0), for the B2 compound (prototype CsCl, Pearson cP2, space group Pm3 _ m): Ni 2 MnAl (-32.0 ± 2.8), for the inverse Heusler structured (i-L2 1 , prototype Li 2 AgSb, Pearson symbol cF16, space group F4 _ 3m) compound: Ni 2 CuSn (-12.5 ± 2.1), for the compounds of the L1 2 (prototype AuCu 3 , Pearson symbol cP4, space group Pm3 _ m) structure: Ni 2 CuAl (-38.9 ± 3.1); Ni 2 FeGe (-25.8 ± 3.0). Several off-stoichiometric alloys in the Ni-Mn-Sn system were also investigated: Ni 0.55 Mn 0.20 Sn 0.25 .7). Values are compared with those from first principles calculations in published papers and the Open Quantum Materials Database (OQMD). Lattice parameters were determined using X-ray diffraction analysis. Microstructures were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with an energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS). Differential scanning © 2015. This manuscript version is made available under the Elsevier user license http://www.elsevier.com/open-access/userlicense/1.0/ 2 calorimetry (DSC) was used to measure the melting points of the compounds.