Association Model for Liquid Alloys

Abstract

ABSTRACTThe concentration and the temperature dependence of thermodynamic mixing functions of liquid alloys with compound formation tendency, which often exhibit large deviations from a regular behavior, can be calculated according to an association model using only a few parameters which have a definite physical significance. The results obtained for binary and ternary alloy melts with one ore more, simultaneously occurring, binary or ternary associates are in good accordance with the experimental values. For the calculation of phase diagrams, the association model enables a correct extrapolation into concentration and temperature regions for which no experimental results are available. The occurrence and the borderline of miscibility gaps in liquid alloys with strong compound forming tendency can be quantitatively described.