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<journal-id journal-id-type="archive">gsminmag</journal-id>
<journal-title>Mineralogical Magazine</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="full">Mineralogical Magazine</abbrev-journal-title>
<issn pub-type="ppub">0026-461X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name>Mineralogical Society</publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1180/minmag.1995.059.397.11</article-id>
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<subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
<subject>Experimental Mineralogy</subject>
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<title-group>
<article-title>The System Pd-Fe-Ni-S at 900 and 725&#x00B0;C</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Makovicky</surname>
<given-names>Emil</given-names>
</name>
<aff>Department of Mineralogy, Geological Institute, University of Copenhagen, 1350 Copenhagen, Denmark</aff></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Karup-M&#x00F8;ller</surname>
<given-names>Sven</given-names>
</name>
<aff>Institute of Mineral Industry, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark</aff></contrib></contrib-group>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<month>12</month>
<year>1995</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>59</volume>
<issue>397</issue>
<fpage>685</fpage>
<lpage>702</lpage>
<history>
<date date-type="received">
<day>8</day>
<month>11</month>
<year>1994</year>
</date>
<date date-type="rev-recd">
<day>23</day>
<month>3</month>
<year>1995</year>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 1995, The Mineralogical Society</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>1995</copyright-year>
<abstract>
<title>Abstract</title>
<p>The system Pd-Fe-Ni-S was studied at 900 and 725&#x00B0;C by means of dry condensed charges. At both temperatures it is dominated by the phase relationships involving sulphide melt. Pd-Fe-Ni alloys with broad miscibility primarily coexist with the melt; they are relatively enriched in Pd, whereas the associated melt is enriched in Ni. With decreasing temperature the melt recedes from Fe-rich regions. The incompatibility of PdS (extensive solid solution with Ni) and <italic>mss</italic> at 900&#x00B0;C is replaced by their co-crystallization (&#x00B1; disulphide(s) of Ni,Fe or &#x00B1; sulphide melt) at 725&#x00B0;C The Ni/Fe ratio in the melt changes regularly against that in <italic>mss</italic> with increasing S fugacity and Pd contents in these two phases. (Ni,Fe)<sub>3&#x00B1;<italic>x</italic></sub>S<sub>2</sub> and Pd<sub>4</sub>S play important roles at 725&#x00B0;C. The data offer an array of distribution coefficients and solubility values suitable for geological interpretations.</p></abstract>
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<title>Keywords</title>
<kwd>Pd-Fe-Ni-S system</kwd>
<kwd>platinum-group elements</kwd>
<kwd>palladium</kwd>
<kwd>sulphide melt</kwd>
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