Thermodynamic modeling of KF-CrF₃ binary system

Abstract

A comprehensive thermodynamic model of KF-CrF₃ system was established. The intermediate phases K₂Cr₅F₁₇, KCrF₄, K₂CrF₅ and K₃CrF₆ were described by the stoichiometric compound model and the liquid phase by associated solution model. All the model parameters were optimized by the experimental phase equilibria data assisted by the first-principles prediction within the framework of the calculation of phase diagram(CALPHAD) method. It is demonstrated that the calculated results are fairly consistent with the experimental data, thus we obtained a set of self-consistent and reliable thermodynamic parameters which could well describe the phase equilibria and thermodynamic properties of KF-CrF3 system.

Keywords

Calculation of phase diagram(CALPHAD) / KF-CrF₃ / First-principles

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