Experimental investigation and thermodynamic assessment of the Mn–In binary system

Abstract

In the present work, sixteen Mn–In alloys were investigated experimentally by means of thermal analysis and X-ray diffraction techniques. The temperatures of the invariant reactions and liquidus in the Mn–In binary system were determined. Based on the experimental results obtained in the present work and the critical review of the available experimental data from the published literature, the Mn–In binary system was assessed thermodynamically using the CALPHAD method. The solution phases including liquid, α-Mn, β-Mn, γ-Mn, δ-Mn and tetragonal_A6(In), are modeled by the substitutional solution model and their excess Gibbs energies are expressed with the Redlich–Kister polynomial. The intermetallic compound, InMn3, is treated as a stoichiometric compound. A set of self-consistent thermodynamic parameters obtained finally to describe the Gibbs energies of various phases in the Mn–In binary system can be used to reproduce well the phase equilibria and thermodynamic data.