Phase relations and activities in the Co-Ni-O system at 1373 K

Abstract

The tie-lines delineating equilibria between CoO-NiO and Co-Ni solid solutions in the ternary Co-Ni-O system at 1373 K have been determined by electron microprobe and edax point count analysis of the oxide phase equilibrated with the alloy. The oxygen potentials corresponding to the tie-line compositions have been measured using a solid oxide galvanic cell with calcia-stabilized zirconia electrolyte and Ni + NiO reference electrode. Activities in the metallic and oxide solid solution have been derived using a new Gibbs-Duhem integration technique. Both phases exhibit small positive deviations from ideality; the values of GE/X1 X2 are 2640 J mol-1 for the metallic phase and 2870 J mol-1 for the oxide solid solution. © 1986 Indian Academy of Sciences.