Experimental investigation and thermodynamic description of the Ni–Ti–W system

Abstract The liquidus surface projection and isothermal sections at 1173 and 1373 K of the Ni–Ti–W system were constructed on the basis of microstructure and phase constituents of as-cast and annealed alloys, which were obtained by means of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) coupled with energy dispersion spectroscopy (EDS), X–ray diffraction (XRD). Six primary solidification regions were determined in the liquidus surface projection. Five and six three-phase regions were derived in the isothermal sections at 1173 and 1373 K, respectively. No new ternary compounds were found. Based on the present experimental data, the Ni–Ti–W system was optimized using CALPHAD (CALculation of PHase Diagram) method. The solution phases, liquid, fcc, bcc, and hcp, were treated as substitutional solution. Two compounds Ni3Ti and NiTi2 were treated as (Ni,Ti,W)m(Ni,Ti,W)n, and Ni4W was treated as (Ni,Ti)4W1 by a two-sublattice model. NiTi with B2 crystal structure was treated as the ordered phase of bcc solution, and model was (Ni,Ti,W)0.5(Ni,Ti,W)0.5(Va)3. A set of self-consistent thermodynamic parameters was obtained.