Eiperimental and thermodynamic study od curve of retrograde solidus in InP-Ge quasi-binary system

Germanium solubility in indium phosphide at different temperatures is experimentally investigated, and it is shown that the solidus curve in the portion adjoining InP is of a retrograde character. The method of radioactive tracers has been used to determine the coefficient of germanium distribution between the liquid and solid phases at a melting point of indium phosphide. Concentration dependence of the number of electrons at indium phosphide doping with germanium is investigated, and violation of the ionization equality is shown that is explained by an amphoteric character of o.ermanium behaviour in the InP base solid solution resulting in a self-compensation effect. The retrograde solidus curve in the InP-Ge system is calculated thermodynamically with the use of model representations on the composition of solid and liquid solutions. The ionization degree of doping impurity and self-compensation effect are taken account in calculation. Good agreement of the calculated and experimental data is observed