Thermodynamic Assessments and Phase Equilibria Studies of Sustainable Alloy Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Different approaches for achieving higher sustainability use processing and alloy production technologies. Moreover, it is very relevant to choose alloying additions for conventional Fe-, Ni-, Ti-, Al-, or Mg-based materials, high-strength multiprinciple alloys, solders, alloy fillers, alloy phase change materials, alloy anode materials in re-chargable battery systems, etc., which are non-toxic, mined in an environmentally friendly and ethical manner, and humane, and they have a high recycling potential, to name a few criteria for their sustainability.

Studying the thermodynamics of those alloy systems, ranging from binaries and ternaries to multi-component database developments, by employing computational thermodynamics will likely provide a deeper understanding of phase stabilities and thermodynamic properties as a function of alloying at different temperatures. This information is highly necessary and relevant for material optimization or developing new materials, since it directly links to the mechanical properties and process abilities and product applications of a material.

The submission of fundamental and applied, experimental, computational, and hybrid studies on topics ranging from thermodynamics and kinetics to alloy properties using the framework of sustainable alloy development is highly welcome.

Dr. Erwin Povoden-Karadeniz
Guest Editor

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