Phase equilibria investigations and thermodynamic modeling of the system Bi2O3-Al2O3

F. Oudich, N. David, S. Mathieu, M. Vilasi

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Abstract

The system Bi2O3-Al2O3 has been experimentally investigated above 600 °C by DTA, XRD and EPMA under air and low oxygen pressure. Only two compounds were found to exist in equilibrium, which are Bi2Al4O9(1Bi2O3:2Al2O3) and Bi25AlO39(25:1). The latter exhibits a sillenite structure and does not contain pentavalent bismuth. A peritectoid decomposition of (25:1) and a peritectic melting of (1:2) occur at 775 °C and 1075 °C respectively, while an eutectic transformation was observed at 815 °C for 97 mol% Bi2O3. On the basis of the results obtained within the present work as well as experimental data provided from literature, a thermodynamic modeling where the liquid phase is described by the two-sublattice ionic liquid model was performed according to the Calphad approach. The resulting thermodynamic optimization yielded good agreement with experimental results in the investigated region.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)72-79
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Nuclear Materials
Volume457
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2015
Externally publishedYes

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