Investigation of phase relationships and physical properties of YbPdGe compounds

A variety of physicochemical analysis techniques were employed in constructing the isothermal cross-section of the phase diagram of the YbPdGe system 870 K. Several new ternary compounds Yb 10Pd 75Ge 15, Yb 20Pd 20Ge 60, Yb 2PdGe 6, YbPdGe 2, YbPd 2Ge, YbPdGe, YbPd 0.5Ge 1.5, Yb 33.3Pd 28Ge 38.7 and Yb 42Pd 13Ge 45 were detected. The temperature dependences of the specific electric resistance were investigated for the alloys on the basis of YbPdGe, YbPd 2Ge and YbPd 2Ge 2 compounds as well as for Yb(PdGe) 3 (alloy from the range of solid solutions based on YbPd 3).