A new thermodynamically stable Nb2Ni intermetallic compound phase revealed by peritectoid transition within binary Nb-Ni alloy system

J. F. Zhao, H. P. Wang, B. Wei

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Abstract

A new intermetallic compound of thermodynamically stable Nb2Ni phase is discovered within Nb-Ni binary system, refreshing the current situation that there are only three stable intermediate phases of Nb7Ni6, NbNi3 and NbNi8. The new stable phase is generated from the peritectoid transition: (Nb) + Nb7Ni6 → Nb2Ni, and the transformation temperature is 1533 K. This refreshes the current equilibrium Nb-Ni binary phase diagram. It is confirmed by transmission electron microscopy and the annealing experiments, which is determined to be the FCC structure (Pearson: cF96, space grope: Fd-3m O2, a = 11.888 Å). Furthermore, the equilibrium properties of Nb2Ni phase are produced by density functional theory, including the formation energy, cohesive energy, bulk modulus and lattice constant.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)246-253
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Materials Science and Technology
Volume100
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Feb 2022

Keywords

  • Density functional theory
  • Intermetallic compound
  • Nb alloy
  • Peritectoid transition
  • Transmission electron microscopy

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