aLaboratoire de Thermodynamique Métallurgique et Rhéologie des Matériaux, Université Ibn Zohr, B.P. 496, Dcheira, Agadir, Morocco;bLaboratoire de Physicochimie de l’Etat Solide, ICMMO, Université de Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
Abstract:
Thermodynamic modelling of the La–Sn binary system was carried out with the help of the CALPHAD (CALculation of PHAse Diagram) method. The liquid phase has been described with the association solution model with a ‘ La1Sn1’ associated complex. The intermetallic compounds were treated as stoichiometric phases. The calculated phase diagram and the thermodynamic properties of the system are in satisfactory agreement with the majority of the experimental data.