Thermodynamic modelling of the C–U and B–U binary systems

P.Y Chevalier, E Fischer

Journal of Nuclear Materials 288 (2-3) 100-129 (2001) · Elsevier BV

DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3115(00)00713-3

Data: JSON record · id doi:10.1016/s0022-3115(00)00713-3 · metadata: crossref

Roles in ORCHID

• read by ORCHID (values extracted): 1491 released values
• assessment behind a TDB file: UB-01Che.tdb (B–U), UC-01Che.tdb (C–U)
• original evaluation behind an assessed (handbook) diagram: B–U, C–U

Systems

B–U, C–U

Evidence in ORCHID

1491 values read from this paper (1476 accepted), from 29 tables and 0 text passages.

ESPEI datasets derived: 1 (experimental/C-U/UC-01Che.zpf-22.json).

Phase-registry phases citing it: phase:b-u:a20-orthorhombic, phase:b-u:b-beta-rhombo, phase:b-u:bcc-a2, phase:b-u:fcc-a1, phase:b-u:hcp-a3, phase:b-u:liquid, phase:b-u:u-tetragonal, phase:b-u:ub12-d2f, phase:b-u:ub2-c32, phase:b-u:ub4-d1e, phase:c-u:a20-orthorhombic, phase:c-u:a4-diamond, phase:c-u:a9-graphite, phase:c-u:bcc-a2, phase:c-u:fcc-a1, phase:c-u:fcc-b1, phase:c-u:hcp-a3, phase:c-u:liquid, phase:c-u:u-tetragonal, phase:c-u:u2c3-d5c …

Assessed phase-assemblage records citing it: 13.

Availability

Read by ORCHID: yes (values_extracted, full_text_screened_for_origin). Open-access licence (Crossref license field): none deposited. Crossref is-referenced-by count: 102 (retrieved 2026-10-23).

Relations

Cited by (Crossref reference lists) (12)

• C-U-Zr (Carbon-Uranium-Zirconium) (2007) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic modeling of the C–Pu system (2008) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic modeling of the C–Pu–U system (2009) [crossref_reference_list]
• The SGTE collection of binary datasets (2025) [crossref_reference_list]
• DFT-based thermodynamic stabilities of the ternary compounds and calculation of the system U-B-C (2025) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic modelling of advanced oxide and carbide nuclear fuels: Description of the U–Pu–O–C systems (2011) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic modeling of the U-Nb-C and U-Ti-C systems over the entire composition and temperature ranges (2025) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic analysis for molten corium stratification with U-Zr-O-Fe-B-C database (2025) [crossref_reference_list]
• The thermodynamics of U-Zr-Fe-O melts (2007) [crossref_reference_list]
• C-U-Zr Ternary Phase Diagram Evaluation (2007) [crossref_reference_list]
• C-O-U Ternary Phase Diagram Evaluation (2012) [crossref_reference_list]
• C-O-U Ternary Phase Diagram Evaluation (2019) [crossref_reference_list]

References (Crossref, publisher-deposited) (27)

• Thermodynamics of the uranium-carbon, uranium-nitrogen, and plutonium-carbon systems (1970) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic properties of uranium carbides (1967) [crossref_reference_list]
• High-temperature thermodynamic properties of hypo- and hyper-stoichiometric uranium carbides (1971) [crossref_reference_list]
• SGTE data for pure elements (1991) [crossref_reference_list]
• Preface (1967) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic modelling of the O–U–Zr system (1998) [crossref_reference_list]
• Mass Spectrometry-Knudsen Cell Studies of the Vaporization of Uranium Dicarbide^* (1964) [crossref_reference_list]
• THE HEAT OF FORMATION OF URANIUM DICARBIDE^1,2 (1963) [crossref_reference_list]
• The Preparation of Uranium Monocarbide and its Heat of Formation (1959) [crossref_reference_list]
• The Structures of the Carbides, Nitrides and Oxides of Uranium¹ (1948) [crossref_reference_list]
• Preparation and Structure of the Carbides of Uranium¹ (1948) [crossref_reference_list]
• High Temperature Phase Equilibria in the System Carbon-Oxygen-Uranium. (1962) [crossref_reference_list]
• Uranium Diboride: Preparation, Enthalpy of Formation at 298.15°K, Heat Capacity from 1° to 350°K, and Some Derived Thermodynamic Properties (1969) [crossref_reference_list]
• High Temperature Enthalpies of Binary Dodecaborides (1972) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermal Conductivity and Heat Capacity of the Monocarbide, Monophosphide, and Monosulfide of Uranium (1967) [crossref_reference_list]
• Structures of Calcium Dicarbide and Uranium Dicarbide by Neutron Diffraction (1959) [crossref_reference_list]
• Dissociation Pressure of Uranium Dicarbide (1962) [crossref_reference_list]
• Heat Content of Uranium Dicarbide from 1484° to 2581°K (1963) [crossref_reference_list]
• Contribution à l'étude des borures à teneur élevée en bore (1954) [crossref_reference_list]
• Carbon positions in uranium carbides (1959) [crossref_reference_list]
• A diffusionless UC₂(cubic) to UC₂(tetragonal) transformation (1961) [crossref_reference_list]
• A Study of the Refractory Borides (1951) [crossref_reference_list]
• High-Temperature Immiscibility of Uranium Mono- and Dicarbides (1966) [crossref_reference_list]
• Standard Molar Free Energy of Formation of Uranium Dicarbide and Uranium Sesquicarbide by Electromotive Force Measurements (1966) [crossref_reference_list]
• Uranium Sesquicarbide (1951) [crossref_reference_list]
• PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF URANIUM MONOCARBIDE CASTINGS (1959) [crossref_reference_list]
• An x-ray study of the system uranium monocarbide-uranium dicarbide-beryllium carbide (1955) [crossref_reference_list]

Cites (values carry this citation) (24)

• Thermodynamic properties of uranium carbides (1967) — 234 values [orchid_extraction]
• Thermodynamics of the uranium-carbon, uranium-nitrogen, and plutonium-carbon systems (1970) — 119 values [orchid_extraction]
• High-temperature thermodynamic properties of hypo- and hyper-stoichiometric uranium carbides (1971) — 117 values [orchid_extraction]
• Heat Content of Uranium Dicarbide from 1484° to 2581°K (1963) — 30 values [orchid_extraction]
• Preface (1967) — 22 values [orchid_extraction]
• High-Temperature Immiscibility of Uranium Mono- and Dicarbides (1966) — 22 values [orchid_extraction]
• High Temperature Enthalpies of Binary Dodecaborides (1972) — 10 values [orchid_extraction]
• Thermal Conductivity and Heat Capacity of the Monocarbide, Monophosphide, and Monosulfide of Uranium (1967) — 8 values [orchid_extraction]
• Uranium Diboride: Preparation, Enthalpy of Formation at 298.15°K, Heat Capacity from 1° to 350°K, and Some Derived Thermodynamic Properties (1969) — 7 values [orchid_extraction]
• Contribution à l'étude des borures à teneur élevée en bore (1954) — 4 values [orchid_extraction]
• THE HEAT OF FORMATION OF URANIUM DICARBIDE^1,2 (1963) — 3 values [orchid_extraction]
• The Structures of the Carbides, Nitrides and Oxides of Uranium¹ (1948) — 3 values [orchid_extraction]
• Carbon positions in uranium carbides (1959) — 3 values [orchid_extraction]
• Structures of Calcium Dicarbide and Uranium Dicarbide by Neutron Diffraction (1959) — 2 values [orchid_extraction]
• Mass Spectrometry-Knudsen Cell Studies of the Vaporization of Uranium Dicarbide^* (1964) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• The Preparation of Uranium Monocarbide and its Heat of Formation (1959) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• Preparation and Structure of the Carbides of Uranium¹ (1948) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• High Temperature Phase Equilibria in the System Carbon-Oxygen-Uranium. (1962) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• Dissociation Pressure of Uranium Dicarbide (1962) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• A diffusionless UC₂(cubic) to UC₂(tetragonal) transformation (1961) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• Standard Molar Free Energy of Formation of Uranium Dicarbide and Uranium Sesquicarbide by Electromotive Force Measurements (1966) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• Uranium Sesquicarbide (1951) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF URANIUM MONOCARBIDE CASTINGS (1959) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• An x-ray study of the system uranium monocarbide-uranium dicarbide-beryllium carbide (1955) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]

Reproduced by handbook diagrams (2)

• handbook:okamoto-2010:B-U [okamoto_handbook_source_line]
• handbook:okamoto-2010:C-U [okamoto_handbook_source_line]

TDB files modelling its system (4)

• tdb:UB-01Che.tdb [sgte_tdb_header]
• tdb:UB-01Che.tdb [orchid_literature_model_link]
• tdb:UC-01Che.tdb [sgte_tdb_header]
• tdb:UC-01Che.tdb [orchid_literature_model_link]

Reassessed by (1)

• Thermodynamic modelling of advanced oxide and carbide nuclear fuels: Description of the U–Pu–O–C systems (2011) [citation+same-system]

Data papers used (24)

• Thermodynamic properties of uranium carbides (1967) — 234 values [orchid_extraction]
• Thermodynamics of the uranium-carbon, uranium-nitrogen, and plutonium-carbon systems (1970) — 119 values [orchid_extraction]
• High-temperature thermodynamic properties of hypo- and hyper-stoichiometric uranium carbides (1971) — 117 values [orchid_extraction]
• Heat Content of Uranium Dicarbide from 1484° to 2581°K (1963) — 30 values [orchid_extraction]
• Preface (1967) — 22 values [orchid_extraction]
• High-Temperature Immiscibility of Uranium Mono- and Dicarbides (1966) — 22 values [orchid_extraction]
• High Temperature Enthalpies of Binary Dodecaborides (1972) — 10 values [orchid_extraction]
• Thermal Conductivity and Heat Capacity of the Monocarbide, Monophosphide, and Monosulfide of Uranium (1967) — 8 values [orchid_extraction]
• Uranium Diboride: Preparation, Enthalpy of Formation at 298.15°K, Heat Capacity from 1° to 350°K, and Some Derived Thermodynamic Properties (1969) — 7 values [orchid_extraction]
• Contribution à l'étude des borures à teneur élevée en bore (1954) — 4 values [orchid_extraction]
• THE HEAT OF FORMATION OF URANIUM DICARBIDE^1,2 (1963) — 3 values [orchid_extraction]
• The Structures of the Carbides, Nitrides and Oxides of Uranium¹ (1948) — 3 values [orchid_extraction]
• Carbon positions in uranium carbides (1959) — 3 values [orchid_extraction]
• Structures of Calcium Dicarbide and Uranium Dicarbide by Neutron Diffraction (1959) — 2 values [orchid_extraction]
• Mass Spectrometry-Knudsen Cell Studies of the Vaporization of Uranium Dicarbide^* (1964) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• The Preparation of Uranium Monocarbide and its Heat of Formation (1959) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• Preparation and Structure of the Carbides of Uranium¹ (1948) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• High Temperature Phase Equilibria in the System Carbon-Oxygen-Uranium. (1962) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• Dissociation Pressure of Uranium Dicarbide (1962) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• A diffusionless UC₂(cubic) to UC₂(tetragonal) transformation (1961) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• Standard Molar Free Energy of Formation of Uranium Dicarbide and Uranium Sesquicarbide by Electromotive Force Measurements (1966) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• Uranium Sesquicarbide (1951) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF URANIUM MONOCARBIDE CASTINGS (1959) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• An x-ray study of the system uranium monocarbide-uranium dicarbide-beryllium carbide (1955) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]