Regularities of formation of ternary intermetallic compounds - Part 2. Ternary compounds between transition elements

Regularities of the ternary intermetallic compound formation between three transition elements are studied by the pattern recognition-atomic parameter method. The influences of VE. R-sp and X-MB on the formation of the ternar y intermetallic compounds are investigated. The criteria of ternary compoun d formation in the late transition element-containing systems, early transi tion element-containing systems, systems containing both the early transiti on element and late transition element, and the systems containing Mn-group elements are found by pattern recognition methods. (C) 1999 Elsevier Scien ce S.A. All rights reserved.