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Equilibrium Diagram proximately 6 at.% were reported in solid (It) and (Pd) [81Loe].
Thus, the solubility of Li in (Ru) is in all probability very small,
No Li-Ru phase diagram is available. According to [81Loe], Li but there is no real evidence to say that it is negligible.
and Ru react completely at 450 *C at compositions above 70 at.%
Ru in a slow, single-stage reaction. This was taken to indicate that Crystal Structures and Lattice
only one intermediate phase exists, possibly LiRu3, analogous to Parameters
Lilr3 and LiRh3 in other Li-Pt group systems. The actual prepara-
tion method is unclear from the article of [81Loe]. X-ray diffrac-
tion and metallography were unsuccessfui because of the reac- Li-Ru crystal structure and lattice parameter data are given in
tivity of the alloys with air. In the Li-Rh system, the existence of Table 1.
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According to [81Loe], the solubility of Li in solid (Ru) is negli- *Indicateskey paper.
gible, but it does not appear that any measurements were actually
performed. The solubility of Li in solid Or) was shown by X-ray *Permanent address: Sangster Research Laboratories, Suite M-3,
studies to be very small [76Don], but Li solubilities of ap- 1270 Sherbrooke St. W., Montr6al, Qu6bec, Canada, H3G 1H7.