TY - JOUR
T1 - Determination and modeling of the thermodynamic properties of liquid calcium-antimony alloys
AU - Poizeau, Sophie
AU - Kim, Hojong
AU - Newhouse, Jocelyn M.
AU - Spatocco, Brian L.
AU - Sadoway, Donald R.
PY - 2012/8/1
Y1 - 2012/8/1
N2 - The thermodynamic properties of Ca-Sb alloys were determined by emf measurements in a cell configured as Ca(s)|CaF 2|Ca-Sb over the temperature range 550-830°C. Activity coefficients of Ca and Sb, enthalpy, Gibbs free energy, and entropy of mixing of Ca-Sb alloys were calculated for x Ca < 0.55. To explain the connection between short-range order of liquid Ca-Sb alloys and the strong deviation from ideality in the thermodynamic properties, two thermodynamic models were invoked and reconciled: the regular associated solution model, assuming the presence of a CaSb 2 associate, and the molecular interaction volume model (MIVM). For the first time, the MIVM was used successfully to model the activity coefficients of a system with high-melting intermetallics, reducing the number of fitting parameters necessary from 5 (regular associated model) to 2 (MIVM). From the interaction parameters optimized by fitting at 800°C, the activity coefficient of Ca was predicted at 650°C, with an average error of less than 0.6 in the emf value.
AB - The thermodynamic properties of Ca-Sb alloys were determined by emf measurements in a cell configured as Ca(s)|CaF 2|Ca-Sb over the temperature range 550-830°C. Activity coefficients of Ca and Sb, enthalpy, Gibbs free energy, and entropy of mixing of Ca-Sb alloys were calculated for x Ca < 0.55. To explain the connection between short-range order of liquid Ca-Sb alloys and the strong deviation from ideality in the thermodynamic properties, two thermodynamic models were invoked and reconciled: the regular associated solution model, assuming the presence of a CaSb 2 associate, and the molecular interaction volume model (MIVM). For the first time, the MIVM was used successfully to model the activity coefficients of a system with high-melting intermetallics, reducing the number of fitting parameters necessary from 5 (regular associated model) to 2 (MIVM). From the interaction parameters optimized by fitting at 800°C, the activity coefficient of Ca was predicted at 650°C, with an average error of less than 0.6 in the emf value.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.04.139
DO - 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.04.139
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84862996239
SN - 0013-4686
VL - 76
SP - 8
EP - 15
JO - Electrochimica Acta
JF - Electrochimica Acta
ER -