Binary phase

In materials chemistry, a binary phase is chemical compound containing two different elements. Some binary phases compounds are molecular, e.g. carbon tetrachloride (CCl₄). More typically binary phase refers to extended solids. Famous examples are the two polymorphs of zinc sulfide.^[1]

Phases with higher degrees of complexity feature more elements, e.g. three elements in ternary phases, four elements in quaternary phases,

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.

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