J Mater Sci Technol ›› 2006, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (04): 559-564.

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Comparison of the Molecular Interaction Volume Model with the Unified Interaction Parameter Formalism in the Fe-Cr-Ni Liquid Alloys at 1873 K

Dongping TAO   

  1. Faculty of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
  • Received:2005-01-14 Revised:2005-08-30 Online:2006-07-28 Published:2009-10-10
  • Contact: Dongping TAO

Abstract: The molecular interaction volume model (MIVM) for a general ternary system was deduced in detail for further clarifying and understanding its general multicomponent expression. Both MIVM and the unified interaction parameter formalism (UIPF) can be used to predict the activities of solutes and solvents in the Fe-Cr-Ni liquid alloys. But the former employs only the infinite dilute activity coefficients, and the later is not applicable without the dilute binary and ternary interaction parameters. MIVM has a certain physical meaning from the viewpoint of statistical thermodynamics, so it is an alternative for the estimation of activity coefficients of the solutes and solvents in a dilute or finite concentration metal solution where the interaction parameters are absent or their accuracies are questionable.

Key words: Activity, Prediction, Molecular interaction volume model, Unified interaction Parameter formalism