Thermodynamic modeling of the gadolinium–germanium system

A thermodynamic modeling of the Gd–Ge system was carried out and a consistent set of thermodynamic parameters were obtained. The liquid is modeled as substitutional solution, the α-Gd (bcc-A2), β-Gd (hcp-A3) and Ge (diamond-A4) are considered to be pure stoichiometric phases, and all intermediate compounds are modeled as stoichiometric phases. The currently accepted thermodynamic description of pure gadolinium [1] was presently amended in this work.