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The Nb-Pt system was investigated over the entire composition range by metallography and X-ray diffraction analysis. The solubility limits of terminal and intermediate phases and solidus temperatures were determined. α-Nb dissolves ≈12 at. pct Pt at 2040 °C and ≈5 at. pct Pt at 1150 °C; α-Pt dissolves ≈20 at. pct Nb at 2000 °C and ≈ 18 at. pct Nb at temperatures below 1700 °C. The presence of six intermediate phases, Nb3Pt (Cr3O, A15 or β-W type), σ(≈Nb2Pt, β-U type), Nb1−xPt1+x (AuCd type), α′-Pt (undetermined structure), NbPt2 (MoPt2 type), α-NbPt3 (TiCu3 type), and β-NbPt3 (β-NbPt3 type) was confirmed. The phase NbPt3 melts congruently at ≈2040 °C, and σ forms peritectically at ≈1800 °C. By analogy with related systems, the high-temperature phase α′-Pt is probably an extension of and isomorphous with α-Pt solid solution. Eight three-phase reactions are described, the mean atomic volumes are given, and crystal chemical relationships among the six homologous T5-T10 systems (T5 = V, Nb, Ta; T6 = Pd, Pt) are discussed.
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Waterstrat, R.M., Giessen, B.C. The niobium (columbium)-platinum constitution diagram. Metall Trans A 16, 1943–1949 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02662395
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