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. 2020 Oct 13;13(20):4549. doi: 10.3390/ma13204549

Table 1.

Coordinates of the eutectic transformation L ↔ Al + Al11Ce3 in the Al-rich portion of the Al–Ce phase diagram, published within last three decades. Compositions marked with (*) were originally reported, then converted to wt.%/at.% in this paper.

Year Temperature Cerium Content Eutectic Phase Determination Method Reference
°C wt.% at.%
1990 633 12.2 2.6 αAl11Ce3 Experimental [12]
1998 640 17.8 4 αAl11Ce3 a) Based on previous experimental data in References [15,16] [13]
2005 641 12.2 2.6 Al11Ce3 b) Experimental using DTA and calculated with CALPHAD [17]
2008, 2011 621 Not specified Al11Ce3 b) Optimized with modified quasichemical model and previous experimental data in References [17,18] [19,20]
2011 621 17.8 4 αAl11Ce3 a) Derived based on optimized diagram in References [19,20] [11]
2017 640, 642 Approx. 10 Approx.
2.1
Al11Ce3 b) Calculated with Thermo-Calc and diffusion module DICTRA in Reference [21] [22,23]
2017 645 12 2.6 αAl11Ce3 Experimental using DSC, X-ray diffraction, metallography [14]

a)—αAl11Ce3, orthorhombic, oI28 with βAl11Ce3, tetragonal, tI10 at high temperatures, (e.g., above 1006 °C [11] or 1020 °C [15]); b)—Al11Ce3, orthorhombic, oI28 with Al4Ce, tetragonal, tI10 at high temperatures (e.g., above 1006 °C [17] or 1002 °C [19]).