Abstract
The phase diagram of the AgSbSe system was studied by differential thermal analysis, X-ray diffraction and metallography analysis. Two ternary phases were observed: the AgSbSe 2 compound, an f.c.c. NaCl-like structure with congruent melting and a new phase, to which the formula Ag 3Sb 7Se 12 is attributed. This last compound is dimorphic and the transition between the two forms occurs at about 200 °C. The high temperature structure disappears at about 360 °C. Four quasi-binary sections are described in this ternary system. Seven ternary invariants are characterized: five eutectics of which two are degenerated at the selenium apex, and two peritectics. In the temperature range between 360 and 558 °C, besides the seven three-phase domains, there are five two-phase domains. Three ternary liquid-liquid miscibility gaps are observed, of which only two are crossed by a valley. Finally, a glass domain with a small extension, which comes from a binary glass zone rich in selenium of the SbSe system, was established within the (AgSbSe 2)SeSb 2Se 3 triangle.
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