Supplemental Literature Review of Binary Phase Diagrams: Ag-Nd, Ag-Zr, Al-Nb, B-Re, B-Si, In-Pt, Ir-Y, Na-Si, Na-Zn, Nb-P, Nd-Pt, and Th-Zr

Abstract

Binary Alloy Phase Diagrams, 2nd edition, a comprehensive collection of alloy phase diagrams for 2159 binary systems, was published in 1990 (T.B. Massalski, H. Okamoto, P.R. Subramanian, and L. Kacprzak., ASM International, Materials Park, OH [Massalski2]). This review intends to provide more recent information on the binary phase diagrams for the Ag-Nd, Ag-Zr, Al-Nb, B-Re, B-Si, In-Pt, Ir-Y, Na-Si, Na-Zn, Nb-P, Nd-Pt, and Th-Zr systems that have become available after 1990. The criteria for selecting such information for inclusion in this review are (1) systems for which no phase diagram was given in [Massalski2], (2) complete diagrams that are substantially different from the earlier version, and (3) partial diagrams that alter or clarify the earlier version. Thermodynamic consistency of the new phase diagrams was checked based on phase rules and the diagrams were modified if necessary. However, each updated phase diagram has not gone through the ordinary evaluation process. Accordingly, a newer phase diagram is not always a better diagram, especially when there is too little published data on a system. For convenience, reaction tables and crystal structure data have been added when new information was available.