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Ternary Sn-Cu-Ni alloys were prepared and annealed at 240°C. The annealed alloys were metallographically examined and the equilibrium phases formed were identified on the basis of compositional determinations and x-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. The isothermal section of the ternary Sn-Cu-Ni system at 240°C was proposed on the basis of experimental results of this study and related information on phase equilibrium available in the literature. The binary compounds, Cu6Sn5, Ni3Sn2, and Ni3Sn4, have very extensive ternary solubility. Continuous solid solutions form between Cu and Ni as well as between Cu3Sn and Ni3Sn. In addition to the isothermal section, the liquidus projection of the Sn-Cu-Ni system was determined based on results from the existing literature. Interfacial reactions between Sn-Cu alloys and Ni substrate and the primary solidification phases of various Sn-Cu-Ni alloys were also examined in this study.
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Lin, CH., Chen, SW. & Wang, CH. Phase equilibria and solidification properties of Sn-Cu-Ni alloys. J. Electron. Mater. 31, 907–915 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-002-0182-8
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