Activity coefficient calculations for the Hg and Cd components in a tellurium-rich (Hg,Cd)Te liquid-phase-epitaxy growth solution containing Hg and Cd
Abstract
Activity coefficients of the Hg and Cd components have been qualitatively calculated for a tellurium-rich Hg-Cd-Te ternary liquid-phase-epitaxy growth solution for the growth of (Hg,Cd)Te. A comparison of these values with the corresponding values for HgTe(s), CdTe(s), and binary Hg-Cd alloys indicates that the activity coefficient for the Cd component is closer to the value for tellurium-rich CdTe(s), while that for the Hg component lies between the value for Te-rich HgTe(s), and binary Hg-Cd alloy of a similar composition.
- Publication:
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Journal of Applied Physics
- Pub Date:
- February 1986
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.336570
- Bibcode:
- 1986JAP....59..958V
- Keywords:
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- Liquid Phase Epitaxy;
- Mercury Cadmium Tellurides;
- Ternary Systems;
- Thin Films;
- Diatomic Gases;
- Vapor Pressure;
- Solid-State Physics