Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2013, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (6): 1167-1172.doi: 10.1007/s40242-013-3219-z

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Phase Equilibria in Al-Ca-Li System:a Thermodynamic Description

WANG Kun1, YIN Hui-qin1,2, CHENG Jin-hui1,2, ZUO Yong1, XIE Lei-dong1   

  1. 1. Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, P. R. China;
    2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
  • Received:2013-05-16 Revised:2013-06-13 Online:2013-12-01 Published:2013-08-21
  • Contact: XIE Lei-dong E-mail:xieleidong@sinap.ac.cn
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the "Strategic Priority Research Program" of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDA02020300).

Abstract:

Relations of equilibrium phases in the Al-Ca-Li system were calculated by means of the CALPHAD (calculation of phase diagram) method. The reported thermodynamic model parameters for all the constituent binary systems were directly used in the present calculation. A novel thermodynamic description for the three ternary intermetallic compounds(τ1, τ2 and τ3) was made on the basis of experimental phase equilibria in the Al-Ca-Li system. Comparison between the calculated and experimental phase equilibria shows that we have successfully derived a set of self-consistent thermodynamic parameters for the Al-Ca-Li system. These parameters were then used for the prediction of the selected isothermal and isopleth sections and projected liquidus surface of this ternary system over the entire composition range.

Key words: Phase diagram, Thermodynamics, Alloy