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The thermodynamic modeling of multicomponent phase equilibria

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Enormous progress has been made in the calculation of phase diagrams during the past 30 years. This progress will continue as model descriptions are improved and computational technology advances. Improvement has been made in the model descriptions in the CALPHAD method, the coupling of phase diagrams with kinetic process modeling, computer programs for easy access to phase diagram information, and the construction of databases used for calculating the phase diagrams of complex commercial alloys.

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Editor’s Note: A hypertext-enhanced version of this article can be found at http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/9712/Kattner-9712.html.

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Ursula R. Kattner earned her Ph.D. in metallurgy at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, in 1982. She is currently a physical scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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Kattner, U.R. The thermodynamic modeling of multicomponent phase equilibria. JOM 49, 14–19 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-997-0024-5

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