The Representation of Thermodynamic Properties in Multicomponent Alloys

Abstract

ABSTRACTIn addition to theoretical models which have been developped to interpret the interactions in metallic systems, polynomials of different types have been used to represent the thermodynamic properties of solution phases. Ternary and higher order systems have been described by adding the properties of the limiting binary systems, using various summation methods ; interaction parameters specific to the multicomponent systems can be derived from sufficiently precise experimental measurements.