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Thermodynamic Modeling of Phase Equilibria in the U–Zr–N System

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A thermodynamic model is proposed for condensed phases in the ternary system U–Zr–N in the range 298–2800 K. The model is based on previously reported models of the constituent binaries U–Zr, U–N, and Zr–N and available data on the properties of the pseudobinary system UN–ZrN. It allows one to calculate phase equilibria involving liquid phase. The model is used to calculate a number of isobaric–isothermal sections in the U–Zr–N system.

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This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 20-13-00392 (federal state budget-funded science institution Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences).

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Ogarkov, A.I., Voskov, A.L., Kovalev, I.A. et al. Thermodynamic Modeling of Phase Equilibria in the U–Zr–N System. Inorg Mater 57, 790–797 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168521080070

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