Experimental investigation of phase equilibria in the Cu-Ni-Zr system

Phase equilibria in the Cu-Ni-Zr ternary system have been measured through alloy sampling combined with diffusion couple approach. According to the phase relations identified with electron probe microanalysis and X-ray diffraction techniques, isothermal sections at both 1073 and 1293 K were constructed. It is evident that remarkable ternary solubility occurs in almost all binary intermetallic phases at both temperatures. The formerly reported ternary compounds T1 (Cu20-40Ni40-60Zr20) and T2 (Cu20-25Ni60-65Zr15) were not verified in this work. No other ternary compound was detected. In addition, continuous dissolution between Cu10Zr7 and Ni10Zr7 at 1073 K was observed.