The 400?C and 600?C isothermal sections of the Al-Co-Er system were studied assisted with X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) techniques. 18 three-phase fields were identified in the 400?C isothermal section. The maximum solid solubilities of Al in Co3Er and Co2Er were 13.93 at.% and 16.13 at.%, respectively. Whereas the maximum solid solubilities of Co in Al2Er, Al2Er3 and AlEr2 were 6.93 at.%, 6.65 at.%, and 6.49 at.%, respectively. And the solid solution range of ? is from 22.22 at.% Al to 44.44 at.% Al. While the 600?C isothermal section included 20 three-phase fields. The maximum solid solubilities of Al in Co17Er2 and Co7Er2 were 10.17 at.% and 10.24 at.%, respectively. Whereas the maximum solid solubilities of Co in Al2Er and Al2Er3 were 3.63 at.% and 2.01 at.%, respectively.

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Phase equilibria in the Ti-Nb-Mn ternary system at 1173K, 1273K and 1373K were studied through the equilibrated alloy method by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques. A new stable ternary phase K was confirmed and the composition was around Ti50Nb7Mn43. A wide-range continuous solid solution phase (Ti,Nb)Mn2 with the C14 Laves structure had been found at these temperatures due to the same phase structures of TiMn2 and NbMn2 phases. The solubility of Nb in TiMn4, αTiMn and βTiMn intermetallic compounds was determined. Based on the experimental results and reasonable extrapolations, the isothermal sections of Ti-Nb-Mn ternary system at 1173K, 1273K and 1373K were constructed.

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