Thermodynamic assessment of the Mo–Re binary system

The existing Mo–Re phase diagrams are reviewed and a thermodynamic calculation of the Mo–Re binary system is undertaken. The Gibbs energies are estimated for liquid, bcc (Mo), hcp (Re), σ and χ phases. The liquid, bcc (Mo) and hcp (Re) phases are described by a regular solution model, whereas the σ and χ phases are described respectively by three-sublattice models. For the σ phase, two thermodynamic models are used for calculations and the results are compared. The models take into account the crystallographic structure and similarity between the σ and χ phases. The calculated results remove the ambiguity of the existing phase diagram data and are compared with the experimental data in the literature.