TY - JOUR
T1 - Thermodynamic properties and phase stability of the Ba-Bi system
T2 - A combined computational and experimental study
AU - Liu, Jinming
AU - Guan, Pin Wen
AU - Marker, Cassie N.
AU - Smith, Nathan D.
AU - Orabona, Nicole
AU - Shang, Shun Li
AU - Kim, Hojong
AU - Liu, Zi Kui
N1 - Funding Information:
J. M. Liu was supported by China Scholarship Council (CSC No. 201603000002) and Science and Technology Project of Jiangxi Province (Nos. 20141BBE50006 and GJJ160606), C. N. Marker by National Research Trainee Fellowship CoMET of U.S. National Science Foundation (Grant No. NRT-1449785), N. D. Smith, N. Orabona, and H. Kim by U.S. Department of Energy (Award No. DE-NE0008425 and DE-NE0000113), and P. W. Guan, S. L. Shang, and Z. K. Liu by the U.S. National Science Foundation Center for Computational Materials Design (Grant No. IIP-1034965). First-principles calculations were carried out partially on the ACI clusters at the Pennsylvania State University, partially on the resources of NERSC supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy under contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231, and partially on the resources of XSEDE supported by NSF, US with Grant No. ACI-1053575.
Funding Information:
J. M. Liu was supported by China Scholarship Council (CSC No. 201603000002 ) and Science and Technology Project of Jiangxi Province (Nos. 20141BBE50006 and GJJ160606 ), C. N. Marker by National Research Trainee Fellowship CoMET of U.S. National Science Foundation (Grant No. NRT-1449785 ), N. D. Smith, N. Orabona, and H. Kim by U.S. Department of Energy (Award No. DE-NE0008425 and DE-NE0000113 ), and P. W. Guan, S. L. Shang, and Z. K. Liu by the U.S. National Science Foundation Center for Computational Materials Design (Grant No. IIP-1034965 ). First-principles calculations were carried out partially on the ACI clusters at the Pennsylvania State University , partially on the resources of NERSC supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy under contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231 , and partially on the resources of XSEDE supported by NSF, US with Grant No. ACI-1053575 .
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PY - 2019/1/15
Y1 - 2019/1/15
N2 - The thermodynamic properties and phase stability of the Ba-Bi system are investigated computationally and experimentally in the present work. The enthalpies of formation and the finite temperature thermodynamic properties of seven compounds are predicted by first-principles calculations based on density functional theory (DFT), indicating five compounds (BaBi3, Ba11Bi10, Ba4Bi3, Ba5Bi3, and Ba2Bi) to be stable. Phase relations at 773 K and 858 K with composition xBa = 0.90 are established by isothermal annealing and powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) to clarify the previously observed phase transition at 796 K. The extremely low chemical activity of Ba in liquid for a wide range of temperatures and compositions indicates very strong short-range ordering in the liquid phase which is modeled in the present work by introducing the Ba4Bi3 and BaBi3 associates in the liquid phase. Both thermodynamic and phase equilibrium data are then used to evaluate the model parameters in Gibbs energy functions of the five stable compounds and three solution phases of liquid, bcc, and rhombohedral phases by the CALPHAD (CALculation of PHAse Diagram) technique. The present work shows that the Ba-Bi system consists of three eutectic reactions, two peritectic reactions, one peritectoid reaction, and two congruent reactions, as well as that the concentrations of associates are very high in the liquid phase with very low concentration of atomic Ba, which provides the fundamental understanding as to why Bi can be used to remove Ba ions from molten salt solutions.
AB - The thermodynamic properties and phase stability of the Ba-Bi system are investigated computationally and experimentally in the present work. The enthalpies of formation and the finite temperature thermodynamic properties of seven compounds are predicted by first-principles calculations based on density functional theory (DFT), indicating five compounds (BaBi3, Ba11Bi10, Ba4Bi3, Ba5Bi3, and Ba2Bi) to be stable. Phase relations at 773 K and 858 K with composition xBa = 0.90 are established by isothermal annealing and powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) to clarify the previously observed phase transition at 796 K. The extremely low chemical activity of Ba in liquid for a wide range of temperatures and compositions indicates very strong short-range ordering in the liquid phase which is modeled in the present work by introducing the Ba4Bi3 and BaBi3 associates in the liquid phase. Both thermodynamic and phase equilibrium data are then used to evaluate the model parameters in Gibbs energy functions of the five stable compounds and three solution phases of liquid, bcc, and rhombohedral phases by the CALPHAD (CALculation of PHAse Diagram) technique. The present work shows that the Ba-Bi system consists of three eutectic reactions, two peritectic reactions, one peritectoid reaction, and two congruent reactions, as well as that the concentrations of associates are very high in the liquid phase with very low concentration of atomic Ba, which provides the fundamental understanding as to why Bi can be used to remove Ba ions from molten salt solutions.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.08.324
DO - 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.08.324
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85052908084
VL - 771
SP - 281
EP - 289
JO - Journal of Alloys and Compounds
JF - Journal of Alloys and Compounds
SN - 0925-8388
ER -