Silver - Gold - Palladium

Alan Prince

Introduction

Ag, Au and Pd are completely soluble in each other in both the molten and solid states (>900°C). The Ag-Au-Pd ternary system shows only two-phase equilibrium, l+(Ag,Au,Pd), but the effect of Ag additions to the ordered compounds Au₃Pd and AuPd₃ has not been studied. The presence of a continuous series of solid solutions in the ternary system was established from the X-ray work of [46Kuz] and thermal analysis by [46Nem] and [77Mia].