Heat of Mixing of the Liquid Silver–Indium and Silver–Gallium–Indium Alloys

Abstract

Experimental studies of the multicomponent systems are necessary in the development of new materials which can be used in various industries. The literature review showed, that the liquid phase in the silver–gallium–indium system has not been studied yet. In the present work the heat of mixing of the liquid silver–indium and silver–gallium–indium alloys was studied using Calvet type MHTC96 calorimeter. Calorimetric measurements were carried out at the temperatures: 973 K, 1123 K and 1273 K for Ag–In alloys, and at 923 K, 1123 K and 1273 K along two cross-sections XAg/XGa = 1:1 and XGa/XIn = 1:1 for Ag–Ga–In alloys. Next, the Redlich–Kister–Muggianu formalism was applied in the mathematical description of the heat of mixing of the liquid silver–gallium–indium alloys. Experimental results obtained in this work are first, which provided information about the thermodynamic properties of the liquid phase in this ternary system.