New compounds and phase equilibria in the Zr–Ti–P system

The interaction between components in the Zr–Ti–P system in the range of up to 67 at.% P was analyzed and the isothermal section diagram at 1070 K was constructed from X-ray structural and EDS analysis. Solid substitutional solutions based on the binary phosphides M 3 P with the Ti 3 P-type structure (Ti 3.0−2.3 Zr 0−0.7 P and Zr 3.0−2.5 Ti 0−0.5 P) were found. The phosphide (Ti,Zr) 2 P with the Co 2 Si-type structure is homogeneous at the Zr 1.2−0.6 Ti 0.8−1.4 P composition. From powder X-ray diffraction methods, the crystal structure of ZrTiP 0.68 was shown to be of the Zn 3 Cu-type (space group P -6, a = 0.47600(1), c = 0.30038(1) nm, R I = 0.0444); HfTiP 0.68 is isostructural. These compounds are homogenous in the range Zr 1.0−1.5 Ti 1.0−0.5 P 0.68 and Hf 0.9−1.2 Ti 1.1−0.8 P 0.68 . From single-crystal methods, the structure of Zr 0.93 Ti 0.07 P 0.93 was determined to belong to the WC-type structure (space group P -6 m 2, a = 0.3004(2), c = 0.3117(3) nm, R F = 0.0228).