Phase equilibria and thermodynamic properties in the Fe-Cr system

Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-152

  Xiong, Wei ^a,b   Selleby, Malin ^a   Chen, Qing ^c   Odqvist, Joakim ^a   Du, Yong ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Stockholm Technology Park   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ab initio; CALPHAD; Irradiation; Melting temperature; Phase diagram; Spinodal decomposition

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO; CALCULATION OF PHASE DIAGRAMS; CALPHAD; DIFFERENT SCALE; FE-CR SYSTEM; HEAT CAPACITIES; MAGNETIC MODELS; MELTING TEMPERATURE; MELTING TEMPERATURES; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMODYNAMIC DESCRIPTION; TRANSITION REGIONS;

CHROMIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IRRADIATION; MELTING POINT; METAL MELTING; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHASE SEPARATION; TERNARY SYSTEMS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION;

EID: 77953569969     PISSN: 10408436     EISSN: 15476561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408431003788472     Document Type: Article

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