Rg. Cnossen et al., CARBON DEPOSITION OVER TRANSITION-METAL ALLOYS .1. GENERATION OF (NICO), (FENI), AND (COFE) PHASE-DIAGRAMS, Carbon, 32(6), 1994, pp. 1143-1150
The non-equilibrium phase diagram approach uses thermodynamic principl
es to predict the formation of various solid phases under reaction con
ditions. This approach attempts to systematically control the phases i
n-situ by controlling the gas-phase potentials and has been applied su
ccessfully to investigating carbon deposition over Fe, Co, and Ni. In
order to maintain the same gas-phase composition and driving force for
carbon deposition over the solid phases, this approach is extended to
binary alloys of these metals. The thermodynamic metal activities are
determined using excess Gibbs free energy of mixing for the [NiCo], [
FeNi], and [CoFe] alloy systems and the lattice stability parameters f
or Fe, Co, and Ni reported by Kaufman and co-workers. The non-equilibr
ium phase diagrams for the [NiCo], [FeNi], and [CoFe] alloy systems ha
ve been generated. By varying the alloy composition, the catalytic act
ivity of the various thermodynamically favored solid phases can be stu
died under identical gas phase conditions.