Editing Binary phase

{{Short description|Chemical compound that contains exactly two different elements}}
{{confuse|Two-phase (disambiguation)}}
[[File:NaCl polyhedra.png|thumb|Sodium chloride is a famous binary phase.  It features two elements: Na and Cl.]]

In [[materials chemistry]], a '''binary phase''' or '''binary compound''' is a [[chemical compound]] containing two different elements. Some binary phase compounds are molecular, e.g. [[carbon tetrachloride]] (CCl<sub>4</sub>). More typically binary phase refers to extended solids.  Famous examples [[zinc sulfide]], which contains zinc and sulfur, and [[tungsten carbide]], which contains tungsten and carbon.<ref name=earnshaw>{{Greenwood&Earnshaw2nd}}</ref>

Phases with higher degrees of complexity feature more elements, e.g. three elements in [[ternary phase]]s, four elements in [[quaternary phase]]s. These phases exhibit a higher degree of complexity due to the interaction of these elements at different conditions.
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