“…The mixing enthalpies of Cr, W, and Mo in Ni are −27 kJ/mol (
), −14 kJ/mol (
), and −32 kJ/mol (
), respectively, 29 and the highest negative value of
suggests that Ni has the highest affinity for Mo. Therefore, Ni preferentially reacted with Mo to form Ni–Mo IMCs, and Cr and W dissolved in the Ni–Mo IMCs since Mo, Cr, and W are completely mutually soluble with each other
30–32 . According to the Ni–Mo binary phase diagram (see Figure S4)
33 and the EDS results (Table 3), the white IMC is a NiMo phase, and it could be denoted by Ni(Mo, Cr, W).…”