Thermodynamic modeling of the Fe–Mo system coupled with experiments and ab initio calculations

Abstract

In this paper we report the Gibbs energy functions for all stable phases in the Fe–Mo system obtained using Calphad method. Newly measured enthalpy increment data, tie-line data and liquidus data for selected compositions are used as input for the Gibbs energy modeling, along with carefully selected thermochemical and phase diagram data from literature. Further, ab initio generated energy of formation at 0K for the intermetallic phases and end-members of the sublattice model for the μ phase and the σ phase are also used in the optimization of model parameters of the Gibbs energy functions. Calculated phase diagram and the thermochemical properties show good agreement with the experimental data.