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Disilicide solid solutions, phase diagram, and resistivities. II. TaSi/sub 2/-WSi/sub 2/

Journal Article · · J. Appl. Phys.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.337981· OSTI ID:6884319

The preparation of TaSi/sub 2/-WSi/sub 2/ alloys from the reaction of Si with Ta-W films allows one to explore the constitution diagram of the TaSi/sub 2/-WSi/sub 2/ pseudobinary system. The structure of the alloys has been investigated by means of Rutherford backscattering, x-ray diffraction, and transmission electron microscopy. The ''equilibrium'' phase diagrams for the system TaSi/sub 2/-WSi/sub 2/ and for TiSi/sub 2/-WSi/sub 2/ are compared in light of simple ideas of alloy theory based on the consideration of the electron to atom ratios. The resistivity of the alloys is analyzed in terms of what has been established about the transport properties of the disilicides and of possible contributions of structural defects, mostly stacking faults, to scattering processes.

Research Organization:
IBM Research Laboratory, P. O. Box 218, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598
OSTI ID:
6884319
Journal Information:
J. Appl. Phys.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Appl. Phys.; (United States) Vol. 61:6; ISSN JAPIA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English