Cerium - Copper - Indium

Oksana Bodak⁺, Nataliya Bochvar

Introduction

The Ce-Cu-In ternary system was investigated and isothermal sections were constructed at 600°C in the concentration range from 0 to 33.3 at.% Ce and at 400°C in the concentration range from 33.3 to 100 at.% Ce [1991Bar]. Crystal structures and lattice parameters of the ternary compounds of the Ce-Cu-In system were determined by [1976Dwi, 1984Kal, 1985Fel, 1988Bar, 1988Kal, 1988Tak1, 1989Sys, 1990Bar, 1990Kal, 1991Bar, 1996Kac, 1998Kam, 1999Tak, 2005Bob]. Almost all investigators prepared alloys using pure compacted metals, arc-melted under argon or helium. After melting, the samples were sealed in evacuated silica capsules and annealed at different temperatures for prolonged times followed by quenching into water or slow cooling in the furnace. [2005Bob...