Abstract
The cluster variation method (CVM) has been used as a tool for modelling the thermodynamics of the b.c.c. Co–Cr–Al system within the irregular tetrahedron approximation. The interaction parameters (nearest and next-nearest neighbour pairs, as well as tetrahedron interactions) for the three binary sub-systems have been derived following the so-called phenomenological approach, i.e. the interaction parameters have been fitted to experimental phase diagram and/or thermochemical data. As a result, the three binary phase diagrams of the system and four isothermal sections of the ternary phase diagram have been obtained. The results show that the CVM is thermodynamically self-consistent.
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