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- Hillert, Mats, 1924-, et al.
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Parameters in the compound energy formalism for ionic systems
- 2009
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In: Calphad. - : Elsevier. - 0364-5916 .- 1873-2984. ; 33:1, s. 227-232
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The compound energy formalism, CEF, involves many model parameters. They are evaluated to give the best fit to the experimental information. The optimisation is simpler if less parameters need to be adjusted.The maximum number of independent parameters that can be evaluated depends on the information available. The best choice of parameters is first discussed for simple ionic substances with an internal variable, then for solutions of two or four such substances. To reduce the number of parameters, independent parameters are conveniently defined as combinations of primary model parameters. That may be possible when there is an internal variable,which can take only one value, the value that minimizes the Gibbs energy. Such combinations may be regarded as the true optimisation parameters and they may be used actively during an optimisation. The present discussion deals with substances with an internal variable and mixtures, which may have more than one internal variable. The conclusions apply equally well to non-ionic systems if the information is limited to stoichiometric compositions. The optimisation parameters should then be defined for stoichiometric overall compositions.
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- Mao, Huahai, 1971-
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Critical Evaluation of Alumino-silicate Systems : Thermodynamic Modeling of Alumina-containing Liquid and Solid Solutions
- 2008. - 1
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Book (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Alumino-silicate systems are of great interest for materials scientists and geochemists. Thermodynamic knowledge of these systems is useful in steel and ceramic industries, and for understanding geochemical processes. A popular and efficient approach used to obtain a self-consistent thermodynamic dataset is called CALPHAD. It couples phase diagram information and thermochemical data with the assistance of computer models. The CALPHAD approach is applied in this work to the thermodynamic modelling and assessments of the CaO-Al2O3-SiO2, MgO-Al2O3-SiO2 and Y2O3-Al2O3-SiO2 systems and their subsystems. The compound energy formalism is used for all the solution phases including mullite, YAM, spinel and halite. In particular, the ionic two sub-lattice model is applied to the liquid solution phase. Based both on recent experimental investigations and theoretical studies, a new species, AlO2-1, is introduced to model liquid Al2O3. Thus, the liquid model corresponding for a ternary Al2O3-SiO2-M2Om system has the formula (Al+3,M+m)P (AlO2-1,O-2, SiO4-4,SiO20)Q , where M+m stands for Ca+2, Mg+2 or Y+3. This model overcomes the long-existing difficulty of suppressing the liquid miscibility gap in the ternary systems originating from the Al2O3-free side during the assessments. All the available and updated experimental information in these systems are critically evaluated and finally a self-consistent thermodynamic dataset is achieved. The database can be used along with software for Gibbs energy minimization to calculate any type of phase diagram and all thermodynamic properties. Various phase diagrams, isothermal and isoplethal sections, and thermochemical properties are presented and compared with the experimental data. Model calculated site fractions of species are also discussed. All optimization processes and calculations are performed using the Thermo-Calc software package.
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- Mao, Huahai, 1971-
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Thermodynamic modelling and assessment of some alumino-silicate systems
- 2005
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Doctoral thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Alumino-silicate systems are of great interest for materials scientists and geochemists. Thermodynamic knowledge of these systems is useful in steel and ceramic industries, and for understanding geochemical processes. A popular and efficient approach used to obtain a self-consistent thermodynamic dataset is called CALPHAD. It couples phase diagram information and thermochemical data with the assistance of computer models. The CALPHAD approach is applied in this thesis to the thermodynamic modelling and assessments of the CaO-Al2O3-SiO2, MgO-Al2O3-SiO2 and Y2O3-Al2O3-SiO2 systems and their subsystems. The compound energy formalism is used for all the solution phases including mullite, YAM, spinel and halite. In particular, the ionic two sub-lattice model is applied to the liquid solution phase. Based both on recent experimental investigations and theoretical studies, a new species, AlO2-1, is introduced to model liquid Al2O3. Thus, the liquid model corresponding for a ternary Al2O3-SiO2-M2Om system has the formula (Al+3,M+m)P (AlO2-1,O-2, SiO4-4,SiO20)Q, where M+m stands for Ca+2, Mg+2 or Y+3. This model overcomes the long-existing difficulty of suppressing the liquid miscibility gap in the ternary systems originating from the Al2O3-free side during the assessments. All the available and updated experimental information in these systems are critically evaluated and finally a self-consistent thermodynamic dataset is achieved. The database can be used along with software for Gibbs energy minimization to calculate any type of phase diagram and all thermodynamic properties. Various phase diagrams, isothermal and isoplethal sections, and thermochemical properties are presented and compared with the experimental data. Model calculated site fractions of species are also discussed. All optimization processes and calculations are performed using the Thermo-Calc software package.
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