The ternary system Au–Mn–Sn

Electronic structure and chemical bonding in half-Heusler phases

“…To facilitate comparisons and detection of trends we chose phases with similar element combinations for the DOS analyses (Table 1). Since phases with the same VEC turned out to give similar DOS profiles, the following phases are presented as representative for our findings (VEC in parenthesis): FeTiSn (16), FeTiSb (17), CoTiSn (17), CoTiSb (18), NiTiSn (18), NiTiSb (19), IrMnSn (20), IrMnSb (21), PtMnSn (21), PtMnSb (22), AuMnSn (22), and AuMnSb (23). Fig.…”

“…Some of these phases also have a narrow solid-solution range [1,[20][21][22], which does not necessarily include the exact 1:1:1 stoichiometry as, e.g., established Note that a phase which contains two 3d elements, e.g., NiMnSb will appear twice in this representation. The total number of unique phases included in the illustration is 74.…”

“…for AuMnSn and AuMnSb [1,20]. However, since only a few of the ternary systems which contain half-Heusler phases has been systematically mapped in the form of phase diagrams, a further discussion of trends in non-stoichiometry is postponed to one of the forthcoming papers [23].…”

In-Situ Investigation of Lead-Free Solder Alloy Formation using a Hot-Plate Microscope

“…[4,5,6,7,8] In other cases alumina crucibles and induction/ electron beam melting under argon atmosphere are used to produce samples. [9,10] A vacuum furnace was used by Law et al [11].…”

“…Often mechanical mixing or shaking is necessary to ensure homogeneity. [5,12,7,8] Annealing steps ranging from hours to months are used to create special intermetallic phases within an alloy.…”