The system Ga–Ni: A new investigation of the Ga-rich part

Accelerated aging and thermal cycling of low melting temperature alloys as wet thermal interface materials

“…One common intermetallic compound between Cu and Ga is CuGa 2 [32]. Also, there are several intermetallics are possible between Ni and Ga at a temperature below 130°C [33]. Our results suggest that any diffusion and formation of these intermetallics that may have occurred did not negatively impact the thermal performance over time.…”

“…As alloy 14 contains 100% Ga, is most likely to diffuse into Cu and Ni and form intermetallics [19,32,33]. One common intermetallic compound between Cu and Ga is CuGa 2 [32].…”

Interfacial Phenomena between Liquid Ga-Based Alloys and Ni Substrate

“…Over time, this phase transformed to a Ga 3 Ni 2 phase, which is connected with the Gibbs free energy of phases and the Ga-Ni phase diagram. 27…”

“…4, the thermodynamic calculation of Gibbs free energy for the Ga-Ni system indicates Ni 2 Ga 3 as the most stable phase. 28 According to, 27 there is no information about Ga 7 Ni 3 , which would allow Gibbs free energy to be calculated. While wetting the Ni substrate with eutectic Ga-Sn-Zn alloy, it became possible that a phase from the Ni-Zn system 22 would occur.…”

A Tale of Two Polymorphs – Growth and Characterization of α‐LnNiGa4 (Ln = Y, Gd–Yb) and β‐LnNi1–xGa4 (Ln = Tb–Er)

“…2.49 Å) [26] and with the Ni-Ga binaries, which range from approximately 2.47 to 2.61 Å. [27][28][29][30][31] The NiGa 6 bicapped cubes (Figure 3c) are very similar to the bicapped MGa 6 (M = Ga or transition metal) cubes found in Ce 2 NiGa 10 , [14] Ln 3 NiGa 10 (Ln = Ce-Nd), [32] [34] YNiGa 3 Ge, [19] Ce 2 NiAl 6-x Ge 4-y , [22] YbGa 5 , [35] and Ce 2 Ag 1-x Ga 10-y . [6] The puckered Ni x Ga 2 square nets, which are approximately 43 % occupied by Ni for Ln = Tb-Ho and approximately 32 % occupied by Ni for Ln = Er, have Ni2-Ga interatomic distances that range from approximately 1.63 to 2.68 Å (Figure 3d).…”