Measurement and analysis of the phase diagram and thermodynamic properties in the Hg–Cd–Te system Available to Purchase

The liquidus surface of Hg_1−xCd_xTe(s) solid solutions, the liquidus lines in the Hg–Te and Cd–Te binaries, the pseudobinary liquidus and solidus, and the extensive partial pressure data are fit simultaneously. The liquid model assumed is one of which the interactions of the Hg, Cd, Te, HgTe, and CdTe species are represented in the excess Gibbs energy of mixing as a sum of quadratic and cubic terms in the species mole fractions with linarly temperature dependent coefficients. The overall fit is quantitatively satisfactory.