Ternary phase

In materials chemistry, a ternary phase is chemical compound containing three different elements. Some ternary phases compounds are molecular, e.g. chloroform (HCCl₃). More typically ternary phases refer to extended solids. Famous example are the perovskites.[1]

Lithium niobate is a famous ternary phase. It features three elements: Li, Nb, and O.

Binary phases with only two elements, have lower degrees of complexity than ternary phases. With four elements quaternary phases are more complex.

References

Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.

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[earnshaw-1] Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.