The Cd–Gd binary phase diagram from ref. 21 is revised (shown in blue) to update the liquidus curve for low Gd concentrations and to include the quasicrystalline phase (labelled i-Gd–Cd).

On a binary phase diagram, regions associated by these compounds are bounded by two phase zones. The range of compositions allowed for the intermetallic is narrow, ... An example of such a compound if ...

We use phase diagrams in a number of ways. One example is that we use phase diagrams to determine basic information about materials of interest in our research. For example, a binary ZrB 2-ZrC diagram ...