Isothermal Sections of the U-Fe-Sb Ternary System

Abstract:

A systematic study on the ternary uranium-iron-antimony was made at 700 and 750°C through powder X-ray diffraction and Scanning Electron Microscopy coupled with Energy Dispersive Spectrometry. The assessed sections confirmed the existence and crystal structure of the binary intermetallic compounds as well as the ternary phase UFeSb₂. Moreover it was found that UFeSb₂ is part of a solid solution, UFe_1-xSb₂, stable for 193Fe_3-xSb₄, crystallizing in the cubic type Y₃Au₃Sb₄ and stable for 22

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 194)
• Pages: 21-25
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.194.21
• Online since: November 2012
• Authors: Margarida S. Henriques, Thomas Malnoe, Olivier Tougait, Rui Vilar, Antonio Pereira Gonçalves
• Keywords: Isothermal Section, Ternary Phase Diagram, Ternary Uranium Antimonides

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