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The structure of liquid bismuth–indium alloys
Author(s) -
Isherwood S. P.,
Orton B. R.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
journal of applied crystallography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.429
H-Index - 162
ISSN - 1600-5767
DOI - 10.1107/s002188986900700x
Subject(s) - liquidus , bismuth , indium , alloy , diffraction , coordination number , phase (matter) , materials science , liquid phase , thermodynamics , crystallography , chemistry , analytical chemistry (journal) , metallurgy , physics , optics , ion , organic chemistry , chromatography
X‐ray diffraction measurements have been made at three compositions in the Bi–In system. Each alloy was investigated in the liquid phase at two temperatures, 10°C above the liquidus and 499°C. Partial density functions were calculated by assuming that the like partial interference functions are the same as those of the pure components. Partial coordination numbers obtained from these density functions lead to the conclusion that the liquid alloys are very similar to a disordered mixture of Bi and In atoms.