Enthalpies of mixing of liquid alloys in the In-Pd-Sn system and the limiting binary systems

The partial and integral enthalpies of mixing of molten binary In-Pd (up to about 29 at.% Pd), In-Sn (entire compositional range) and Pd-Sn (up to about 53 at.% Pd) alloys were determined at 900°C. A Calvet-type microcalorimeter was used for the measurements employing a drop calorimetric technique. Additionally, five sections in the ternary In-Pd-Sn system (compositions up to about 40 at.% Pd) were investigated at 900°C. The ternary interaction parameters were fitted using the Redlich-Kister-Muggiano model for substitutional solutions. The isoenthalpy curves for In-Pd-Sn at 900°C were constructed for the integral molar enthalpy of mixing. Furthermore, the experimental results in the ternary system were compared with calculated values obtained by employing different binary extrapolation models. Œ 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.