Experimental study and thermodynamic assessment of the Ag–Ti system

A thermodynamic assessment of the binary Ag–Ti system was performed based on the evaluation of the literature and the results of the present experiments. For the experimental study, special deep embedding diffusion couples were prepared and analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and electron probe microanalysis (EPMA). The phase equilibrium relationship and the conjugate phase compositions were determined at 1023 K, 1253 K, 1373 K and 1474 K respectively. For the thermodynamic assessment, the Redlich–Kister polynomial was used to describe the solution phases, liquid (L), bcc, hcp, and fcc. The sublattice-compound energy model was employed to describe the intermediate phase, (AgTi), with a homogeneity range. The other intermediate phase, AgTi2, without a homogeneity range was treated as the stoichiometric phase. A set of self-consistent thermodynamic parameters of the Ag–Ti system has been obtained. The calculated phase diagram was presented and compared with the experimental data.