Construction of liquidus curves of simple-eutectic binary alloys from Miedema theory

Abstract

The liquidus curves of twenty five simple-eutectic binary alloys are constructed using the semi-empirical theory of heats of formation developed by Miedema and coworkers. Overall the predictions of this theory are quite correct. In cases where discrepancies exist, it is possible to improve the results by retaining the formal expression of the heat of formation proposed by Miedema, but modifying the prescribed values of the heats of solution.