SOLUBILITY CHARACTERISTICS OF GaAs IN Bi AND THEIR PHASE DIAGRAM

A modified liquid phase epitaxy apparatus for semiconductor materials was used to measure the solubility of GaAs in Bi.Two phase diagrams rich in Bi under H_2 and N_2 atmospheres were obtained according to the results of measurement.A new phenomenon,in which the parameter Q value(quantity of GaAs dissolved in Bi in fixed time/saturation quantitu,of GaAs in Bi)was different from each other at various temperatures and there existed a maxi- mum Q value at definite temperature,was observed.This phenomenon may be regarded as a common feature of a simple binary metallic system which has the phase diagram similar to that of Bi-GaAs.The difference observed from the dependence of Q values on temperature in both H_2 and N_2 atmospheres was discussed.