Thermodynamic description of the Er–Fe–Sb system

Abstract The Er–Fe, Er–Sb and Er–Fe–Sb systems were optimized by means of the CALPHAD (CALculation of PHAse Diagram) technique. The solution phases, liquid, bcc, fcc, hcp and rhom, were described by the substitutional solution model. The binary compounds, Er 2 Fe 17 , Er 6 Fe 23 , ErFe 3 , ErFe 2 , Er 5 Sb 3 , αErSb, βErSb, ErSb 2 and ternary compound Er 6 FeSb 2 were treated as stoichiometric compounds. The thermodynamic description of the Fe–Sb system was taken from the literature. A self-consistent thermodynamic description of the Er–Fe–Sb system was obtained.