Phase Equilibria in the Tl2Te–SiTe2 and Tl2SiTe3–Сd(Hg)Te Systems

Andrii Selezen; Mykola Moroz; Yuri Kogut; Oleksandr Smitiukh; Vasyl Kordan; Lyudmyla Piskach

doi:10.15330/pcss.25.3.656-663

Authors

Andrii Selezen Department of Chemistry and Physics of National University of Water and Environmental Engineering, Rivne, Ukraine
Mykola Moroz Department of Chemistry and Physics of National University of Water and Environmental Engineering, Rivne, Ukraine
Yuri Kogut Department of Chemistry and Technology of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, Lutsk, Ukraine
Oleksandr Smitiukh Department of Chemistry and Technology of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, Lutsk, Ukraine
Vasyl Kordan Department of Inorganic Chemistry of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine
Lyudmyla Piskach Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, Lutsk, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15330/pcss.25.3.656-663

Keywords:

thallium tellurides, phase equilibria, solid solution, X-ray difraction, differential thermal analysis, scanning electron microscopy

Abstract

Component interaction in the Tl₂Te – SiTe₂ and Tl₂SiTe₃ – Cd(Hg)Te systems was investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential thermal analysis (DTA), and scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM/EDS) methods. The formation of four new ternary tellurides Tl₁₈SiTe₁₁, Tl₄SiTe₄, Tl₂SiTe₃, and Tl₂Si₂Te₅, was found in the Tl₂Te – SiTe₂ system. The Tl₁₈SiTe₁₁ and Tl₂SiTe₃ compounds are formed congruently at 778 and 618 K, and Tl₄SiTe₄ and Tl₂Si₂Te₅ form incongruently at 546 and 584 K, respectively. Quaternary compounds Tl₂CdSiTe₄ and Tl₂HgSiTe₄ that form in the Tl₂SiTe₃ – Cd(Hg)Te systems crystallize in the tetragonal space group I–42m аnd melt incongruently at 826 and 738 K, respectively. Each compound has a homogeneity region up to 5 mol.% from the Tl₂SiTe₃ side at 520 K.

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