Thermodynamic properties of Cu–Zr melts: The role of chemical interaction

General statistical model is applied to analyze the role of chemical interaction in associated systems. We show that, at certain conditions, chemical interaction between associates may be not essential above a distectic point and so the model of ideal associated solutions is a good approximation for describing high temperature properties of associated system with chemical interaction. Within the frames of such conception, we calculate thermodynamic properties of Cu–Zr system in liquid state. The enthalpies of formation of Cu–Zr intermetallic compounds were redefined by using matching procedure taking into account the additive manifestation of chemical interaction. We conclude that simple model which is free of adjusting parameters allows us to calculate thermodynamic properties of Cu–Zr melts with quite good accuracy.