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The Cr–Ti system was investigated by several experimental methods and first-principles calculations. The thermodynamic activity of the body-centered cubic solid solution was measured by Knudsen effusion mass spectrometry. The stability of all three polymorphic structures of the Laves phase (C14, C15, and C36) was determined by differential thermal analysis, and the equilibrium tie-lines with the solid solution were obtained by combining results from diffusion couples and equilibrated alloys. The enthalpy of formation of the Laves phases with the corresponding end-members were calculated using density functional theory and the obtained values were integrated in the models. The experimental and computed data available in the literature was reviewed and the binary system was assessed by the Calphad method. The present evaluation results in an improved thermodynamic description, which can describe the experimentally observed activity in a large temperature range. The temperatures of the invariant reactions between the C15 and the C36 phase with the Cr-rich and the Ti-rich bcc solid solution were significantly modified. The difference of the temperature of transformation between the C15 and the C36 polytypes on both sides of the Laves phase is much smaller than reported previously.
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Heating-rate dependence of the DTA onset temperatures of the C15-C36 and C36-C14 transformations of Ti-rich samples.
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Laves phase region of present assessment compared with experimental data.
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Rietveld refinement of 24 at.% Ti alloy treated at 1300°C. Identified phases: bcc.
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Rietveld refinement of 24 at.% Ti alloy treated at 1150°C. Identified phases: bcc + C15.
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Rietveld refinement of 48 at.% Ti alloy treated at 1100°C. Identified phases: bcc + C15.
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Rietveld refinement of 48 at.% Ti alloy treated at 1150°C. Identified phases: bcc + C36.
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Parameters of the thermodynamic database of the Cr–Ti system.
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Flores, A., Chatain, S., Fossati, P. et al. Experimental Investigation and Thermodynamic Assessment of the Cr–Ti System. J. Phase Equilib. Diffus. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11669-024-01090-2
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