Activity measurement of solid Cu-In alloys by EMF method with solid electrolyte

Abstract

The thermodynamic activity of indium in the solid Cu-In alloys was obtained from the EMF measurement of cell: In,In2O3, ZrO2(+11mol%CaO), Cu-In,In2O3 for 16 alloys in the temperature range 773 to 900K. Activity changes with composition at 823K are very large in the and - phase regions. Activity and free energies of formation are derived and compared with the published data.

Keywords

• copper-indium alloys
• activity
• EMF method
• thermodynamic property
• ntermetallic compound