Thermodynamic Assessment of Alloy Systems
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Computation and Simulation on Metals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 May 2025 | Viewed by 5918
Special Issue Editors
Interests: phase diagram; CALPHAD approach; hard materials
Interests: phase diagram; CALPHAD approach; light alloys
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Dear Colleagues,
Knowledge surrounding phase diagrams and phase equilibria plays a crucial role in the development, manufacture, and processing of materials. The measurement of phase diagrams is generally time consuming and expensive, with the establishment of complex phase diagrams of real multicomponent and multiphase materials for practical applications proving difficult. The CALPHAD (calculation of phase diagram) approach provides a strategy for the development of highly reliable thermodynamic databases for the assessment of binary and ternary subsystems, which in turn allows for the prediction of phase diagrams and thermodynamic properties for multicomponent systems corresponding to real materials. In the last few decades, numerous scientists have dedicated their time to assessing various kinds of systems, establishing series of thermodynamic databases, and providing guidance for various complex materials, such as steels, superalloys, Al alloys, Mg alloys, cemented carbides, etc. Moreover, outputs from thermodynamic calculations serve as inputs for diffusion, phase-field, and other multiscale simulations. Until now, CALPHAD databases have been well established; however, they require continuous revision. With the development of novel materials and processes, there is a constantly increasing demand for accurate thermodynamic databases in the academic and engineering communities. Therefore, more systems should be assessed or reassessed based on novel theoretical and experimental data to improve these databases.
This Special Issue aims to present the results of scientific and experimental investigations concerning, for example, phase equilibria and diagrams, theoretical calculations of thermodynamic properties, thermodynamic assessments of metals and alloys, as well as applications of thermodynamic calculations.
Prof. Dr. Weibin Zhang
Prof. Dr. Yuan Yuan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metals and alloys
- phase equilibria
- phase diagram
- thermodynamic assessment
- CALPHAD
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