Introduction
In chemistry Ternary Diagrams are used for depicting chemical compositions - phase diagrams. These diagrams are three-dimensional but is illustrated in two-dimensions for ease of drawing and interpretation. In ternary diagrams the relative percentage (normally weight %) of three components are represented by A, B and C. The only requirement is that the three components have to sum to 100%. If they don't, you have to normalize them to 100%
Fig. Ternary Plot
Data Entry
Both the
symbol and text can be inserted in CHEMIX ternary diagrams. A and
B can only be inserted as % (e.g.0-100). Text fragments in which
may follow the numbers A and B must only partly contain numbers
e.g. 10 10 L1 where
L1 is the text fragment.
Data
entry commands
TEXT/FONT
COMMANDS
The case sensitive commands that can be inserted at
the end of each text string, are:
[-t] = hide text
[_???] = Angled text in degrees
e.g. [_180]
(180 deg).
Font sizes:
[sf] = small font
[bf] = big font
[hf] = huge font
[gf] = gigantic font
Font colors: (Black default color)
[Wf] = white font
[Rf] = red font
[Gf] = green font
[Bf] = blue font
[Cf] = cyan font
[Ff] = fuchsia font
[Yf] = yellow font
Font
style:
[tf] = thick
font(bold) font
[if] = italic font
[uf] = underlined font
SYMBOL COMMANDS
[-s] = hide symbol
Symbol
sizes:
[ss] = small symbol
[ms] = medium symbol
[bs] = big symbol
Symbol
colors:
[Ws] = white symbol
[Rs] = red symbol
[Gs] = green symbol
[Bs] = blue symbol
[Cs] = cyan symbol
[Fs] = fuchsia symbol
[Ys] = yellow symbol
[BS] = black symbol (both capital letters)
Symbol
change:
[1s] = circle symbol
[2s] = square symbol
[3s] = diamond symbol
[4s] = triangle symbol
[5s] = cross symbol
[6s] = ring/hollow circle symbol
Examples:
5 5 Test text
[hf][_45][Rf][tf][if][uf][-s]
huge, 45degrees, red, thick ,
italic, underlined font ([-s] = symbol
in front of text has been removed)
20 50 Comment[bs][-t] Big symbol
only (no text)
30 40 Text Only[hf][-s] Text
only - huge font (no symbol)
20 50 Text Only[sf]
Text only (small font)
30 30 Text Only[bf]
Text only (big font)
40 40 Big Font Only[-s][bf] Big Font
Only (no symbol)
20 50 Comment[-t]
Symbol only (no text)
40 40 Text Only[-s][-t]
Absolutely nothing (no symbol and no text)
20 15 TextOnly [-s][ih] View
the text (TextOnly) even if Hide - Text (check
box) has been selected
10 10 [180]degrees text[_180][-s] 180 degrees
text (no symbol)
-5 -5 Text outside frame[il] Text
placed outside the triangular frame (A = -5% B =
-5%)
Text Insertion: Insert two numbers A% and
B% and text representing a phase (e.g. L1) separated by spaces.
Because L1 is not a number it will be identified as text in which
always must be placed after the two numbers A and B e.g. 5.2
7.3 L1 (A= 5.2 B=7.3 Text=L1).
Identify a number as text: A number can be identified as text if it is enclosed in square brackets or connected to text without space between text and number e.g "number10" .
SAMPLES:
25 25 number[11] --> number 11 (default
font)
30 30 number12 --> number12
(default font)
Text Insertion: Insert two numbers (A and
B normally weight %) and text representing a phase (e.g. L1)
separated by spaces. Because L1 is not a number it will be
identified as text in which always must be placed after the two
numbers A and B e.g. 20 35 L1 (A=20% , B=35% Text=L1).
Negative numbers are not allowed. C will be calculated as
C=100%-A-B. The sum (A+B) must not exceed 100%.
Calculate: After
inserting or changing the content in the A(%) B(%) Text-field, you
have to re-calculate
Normalization
Normalization: This
is a way to convert e.g. A B C
into A% B%.
Before normalization make sure that data has been inserted in A
B C format. Normalization will change
inserted A B C values into A and B percent values.
Below: Sample normalization: Converting 5 points in A B C format into A% B% format.
A
B
C
___________________
0 2.25
35.25
2.85 1.54 24.11
6.90 1.66 25.94
7.92 1.11
17.37
15.24 1.37 21.53
As we see
below these values vill be converted into A% B% format:
A% B%
_____________
0.00 6.00
10.00 5.40
20.00 4.81
30.00 4.20
39.96 3.59
Legend
For colored
regions check fill color and
select proper colors using the combo box.
Symbol options regarding the graphical content of a legend
box/frame. Combo box options are: 1) Symbol 2) Symbol + Line and
3) Line.
Legend -
size:
Radio buttons
Legend - Fill color:
Check to view fill color rectangles (for colored phase regions) or
uncheck to view symbols
Legend - Frame:
Check to view legend box/frame.
Legend - Dropdown: Used
for fill colors or symbols.
Move legend box/frame: Place the mouse cursor over the legend box and left click the mouse button. Keep holding the left mouse button down and move the box around. Note: The legend box can not be seen before the text has been inserted in the legend text field.
Spline mode and Fill mode
Spline mode
Splines: By selecting spline mode you will be able to create splines. Spline points may be created interactively by clicking the mouse pointer (cross) within the triangular/frame area (making small rectangles). The first and the last spline point may be connected by selecting connect. You may move spline points by hand. Simply locate the mouse pointer within a small rectangular area, click the left mouse button and move the mouse pointer/rectangle. Spline points may be removed by clicking the right mouse button with the mouse pointer located within a rectangular area. A thick-lined rectangle/(spline point) indicates that the spline point belongs to the currently selected set of spline points (1 spline 2 spline). Also, every set of spline points has a number located on the right side of the first created spline point. This number is the spline set number. 30 independent sets of splines each containing up to 50 spline points may be selected/created from the splines drop-down selection box.
Spline options
Spline width: Radio buttons
Connect: Connect the first and the last spline point of the currently selected set of spline points.
Delete: Removes all spline points for the currently selected set of spline points and remove the IU (In Use) status.
1 spline 2 spline ... : Sets of spline points. Select one of these from the drop-down selection box. Spline sets that are in use have IU (In Use) located on the right side ( 1 spline IU 2 spline IU ...)
Black, Red , Green ... : Select spline color.
Fill mode
Fill mode enables you to insert fill points. First select a color from the drop down selection box. Insert a fill point by clicking left mouse button inside the frame. Fill points can be moved around inside the frame using left mouse button. You can remove fill points (cross) by locating the mouse cross inside a fill-point and right-click it. You can also remove a fill point by the Delete push button.
Fill options
1 fill 2 fill... : Select one of these (Note: Fill points that are in use has IU (In Use) located on the right side.
Black, Red, Green ... : Select fill color.
ABC
Figure text & angular arrows
Title: Title and size of title-text
(radio buttons)
ABC: ABC corner text and size (radio
buttons).
Angled text: Angled figure text and
size (radio
buttons).
Arrow
width: Width of 3 angled
arrows (optional) located left/right/above the angled
figure text (radio
buttons).
Bivariate Cross Plots
Three bivariate movable cross-plots (AB, AC, BC) may be displayed
next to the triangular diagram.
Checkboxes - Global selections
Splines: Check to view all splines.
Fill
colors: Check to view all fill colors.
Spline/fill
points: Check to view all spline points/fill rectangles.
Symbol
text: Uncheck to hide all symbol-text (Note: It will not
hide symbols for entries containing a [ih] (ignore
hide) command).
(NOTE: To keep the text and
remove all symbols, set Symbol size located
above the data entry text field to 0 by clicking the left radio
button.
Grid: Check to view the grid. Dot : Check to select a dotted line grid - Uncheck to select a solid line grid.
View
coordinates: Helpful for placing
text in the right spot
Scale:
Check to view graphic scale. Extended :
Add/remove corner values (0% and 100%).
10 Step: Select 10 or 5 step scaling. (5 = 20 40 60 80 and 100 ) % : Check to view percent (0-100)% or uncheck to view fraction (0-1) #% : Check to add a percent sign after percent-numbers
#Scale: Check
to view scale numbers
Angled: Change the scale numbers
from horizontal to angled
(Checked) Radio
buttons: Number Size - scale.
Frame width (radio buttons): Width of the triangular frame
AC,AC,BC: Selectable bivariate cross plots
Copy to Clipboard: By clicking the "copy to clipboard" push button (two triangles) located bottom right, the image will be copied to the clipboard. The image can thereafter be used by other applications (word processors etc.) that has the paste option.
Print: Send image to printer (printer image on push button).
Examples of ternary phase diagrams in CHEMIX
School
Properties of soil - ternary plot phase diagram
Stainless steel ternary phase diagram
Mapping
the Novel Self-Nanoemulsifying Drug Delivery System SNEDDS
Region
Stainless
steel 18-8 -Ternary Phase Diagram
Shepard's
diagram -Ternary Phase Diagram
Properties
of soil -Ternary Phase Diagram
Clay
mineral composition of sediments -Ternary Phase Diagram