Boundaries of the X Phases in Sb–Te and Bi–Te Binary Alloy Systems
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Sb–Te System
3.2. Bi–Te System
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Supplementary File 1Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Specimen | Sb57Te43 | Sb51Te49 | Sb48Te52 | Sb45Te55 | Sb40Te60 | |
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at.% Te (prepared) | 43.0 | 49.0 | 52.0 | 55.0 | 60.0 | |
a [nm] | 0.425620(6) | 0.426641(5) | 0.425619(4) | 0.425002(8) | 0.425034(6) | 0.426206(5) |
c [nm] | 0.59664(2) | 0.598108(12) | 0.599744(11) | 0.60097(2) | 0.60286(2) | 0.606914(10) |
γ | 1.7344(3) | 1.75182(13) | 1.76630(9) | 1.7728(2) | 1.7991(3) | 1.80000(6) |
at.%Te (calculated) | 46.9 | 50.4 | 53.3 | 54.5 | 59.8 | 60.0 |
Phase | Sb17Te15 | SbTe | Sb7Te8 | Sb5Te6 | Sb2Te3 | Sb2Te3 |
Phase fraction [%] | 100 | 100 | 100 | 50.2(2) | 49.8(2) | 100 |
Rp [%] | 3.19 | 4.29 | 5.69 | 5.37 | 4.64 | |
Rwp [%] | 4.95 | 6.91 | 9.03 | 8.98 | 7.70 |
Specimen | Bi47Te53 | Bi46Te54 | Bi45Te55 | Bi44Te56 | Bi43Te57 | Bi42Te58 | Bi41Te59 | ||
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at.% Te (prepared) | 53.3 | 54.6 | 55.6 | 56.3 | 57.1 | 58.1 | 59.0 | ||
a [nm] | 0.441585(11) | 0.440950(6) | 0.440745(5) | 0.440142(10) | 0.439738(7) | 0.43895 | 0.43895(2) | 0.438489(6) | 0.437404(10) |
c [nm] | 0.59892(2) | 0.599164(12) | 0.59986(2) | 0.60034(2) | 0.60080(2) | 0.60352 | 0.60352(3) | 0.605068(13) | 0.60829(2) |
γ | 1.76013(12) | 1.76572(12) | 1.7703(2) | 1.77351(11) | 1.7783(2) | 1.7859 | 1.7859(2) | 1.79038(13) | 1.8 |
at.% Te(calculated) | 52.0 | 53.1 | 54.1 | 54.7 | 55.7 | 57.2 | 57.2 | 58.1 | 60.0 |
Phase | Bi12Te13 | Bi15Te17 | Bi11Te13 | Bi19Te23 | Bi4Te5 | Bi3Te4 | Bi3Te4 | Bi13Te18 | Bi2Te3 |
Phase fraction [%] | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 61.2(2) | 38.8(2) | 100 | 45.6(2) | 54.4(2) |
Rp [%] | 2.41 | 2.81 | 3.22 | 3.18 | 2.24 | 5.19 | 2.32 | ||
Rwp [%] | 4.07 | 4.87 | 5.35 | 5.3 | 3.94 | 8.57 | 3.91 |
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Kifune, K.; Wakiyama, T.; Kanaya, H.; Kubota, Y.; Matsunaga, T. Boundaries of the X Phases in Sb–Te and Bi–Te Binary Alloy Systems. Crystals 2019, 9, 447. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/cryst9090447
Kifune K, Wakiyama T, Kanaya H, Kubota Y, Matsunaga T. Boundaries of the X Phases in Sb–Te and Bi–Te Binary Alloy Systems. Crystals. 2019; 9(9):447. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/cryst9090447
Chicago/Turabian StyleKifune, Kouichi, Takuya Wakiyama, Hiroki Kanaya, Yoshiki Kubota, and Toshiyuki Matsunaga. 2019. "Boundaries of the X Phases in Sb–Te and Bi–Te Binary Alloy Systems" Crystals 9, no. 9: 447. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/cryst9090447