Thermodynamic assessment of Al–Ce–Cu system

The Ce–Cu binary system has been thermodynamically reassessed by CALPHAD approach based on experimental data and thermodynamic properties of phase diagram. Incorporating the thermodynamic evaluations of Al–Ce and Al–Cu systems from literature, the Al–Ce–Cu ternary system has been assessed using CALPHAD approach. The solution phases including liquid, Fcc and Bcc were treated as substitutional solution phases and the Redlich–Kister polynomial was used to describe their excess Gibbs energies. All binary and ternary intermetallic compounds were treated as stoichiometric phases and their Gibbs energies of formation were optimized. The calculated Al–Ce–Cu phase diagram agreed well with available experimental data.