Alloying behavior of zinc with rare earth metals: The Dy-Gd-Zn system

No ternary compounds were found in the system. As regard to the intermetallic phases, the (Dy,Gd)Zn, (Dy,Gd)Zn2, (Dy,Gd)Zn3, (Dy,Gd)3Zn11, (Dy,Gd)13Zn58, (Dy,Gd)2Zn17 and (Dy,Gd)Zn12 solid solutions form in the full field of composition, while the Gd3Zn22 compound did not show dysprosium dissolution.