The third generation Calphad description of Al–C including revisions of pure Al and C

Zhangting He (ORCID 0000-0002-7920-7084), Bartek Kaplan, Huahai Mao, Malin Selleby

Calphad 72 102250 (2021) · Elsevier BV

DOI: 10.1016/j.calphad.2021.102250

Data: JSON record · id doi:10.1016/j.calphad.2021.102250 · metadata: crossref

Roles in ORCHID

• read by ORCHID (values extracted): 45 released values
• cited as the original source of values
• assessment behind a TDB file: AlC-21He-3g.tdb (Al–C)

Systems

Al, C, Al–C

Evidence in ORCHID

45 values read from this paper (35 accepted), from 3 tables and 6 text passages.

4 values in 1 other papers cite this work as their source.

Phase-registry phases citing it: phase:al-c:a4-diamond, phase:al-c:a9-graphite, phase:al-c:al4c3-d71, phase:al-c:bcc-a2, phase:al-c:fcc-a1, phase:al-c:gas, phase:al-c:hcp-a3, phase:al-c:liquid

Availability

Read by ORCHID: yes (values_extracted). Open-access licence (Crossref license field): http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (vor). Crossref is-referenced-by count: 32 (retrieved 2026-10-23).

Relations

Cited by (Crossref reference lists) (9)

• Third Generation Calphad for Key Elements (2024) [crossref_reference_list]
• Application of Third-Generation CALPHAD to Elemental Hf, Binary Reassessments and Prediction of the Ternary Hf–Nb–Zr System (2026) [crossref_reference_list]
• A third generation Calphad description of W–C including a revision of liquid C (2022) [crossref_reference_list]
• A third generation CalPhaD assessment of the Fe–Mn–Ti system Part II: The ternary system Fe–Mn–Ti (2023) [crossref_reference_list]
• A third generation CalPhaD assessment of the Fe–Mn–Ti system part I: The binary subsystems Fe–Mn, Fe–Ti and Mn–Ti (2023) [crossref_reference_list]
• Third generation Calphad: Thermodynamic assessment of the Ni-Ga system with physics-based models (2025) [crossref_reference_list]
• The SGTE collection of binary datasets (2025) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic modeling of pure elements from 0 K with uncertainty quantification using PyCalphad and ESPEI (2026) [crossref_reference_list]
• Third-Generation CALPHAD Modeling of Elemental Nb and Zr and Partial Re-Assessment of Their Binary Phase Diagram (2024) [crossref_reference_list]

References (Crossref, publisher-deposited) (22)

• Thermodynamic properties of aluminum (1987) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic properties of carbon up to the critical point (1973) [crossref_reference_list]
• An evaluation of the thermodynamic properties and the P, T phase diagram of carbon (1986) [crossref_reference_list]
• Vaporization thermodynamics of aluminum carbide (1980) [crossref_reference_list]
• SGTE data for pure elements (1991) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic calculations in the YAlC system (1995) [crossref_reference_list]
• Solubility of carbon in liquid Al and stability of Al4C3 (1994) [crossref_reference_list]
• Experimental determination of phase equilibria in the FeAlC system (1995) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic analysis of the Co–Al–C and Ni–Al–C systems by incorporating ab initio energetic calculations into the CALPHAD approach (2004) [crossref_reference_list]
• A Calphad assessment of Al–C–Fe system with the carbide modelled as an ordered form of the fcc phase (2008) [crossref_reference_list]
• A new thermodynamic description of stable Cr-carbides for the third generation of thermodynamic database (2017) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic re-assessment of binary Cr-Nb system down to 0 K (2018) [crossref_reference_list]
• A thermodynamic assessment of the binary Fe-Mn system for the third generation of Calphad databases (2019) [crossref_reference_list]
• Critical assessment and thermodynamic modeling of the Al–C system (2019) [crossref_reference_list]
• Use of third generation data for the elements to model the thermodynamics of binary alloy systems: Part 1 – The critical assessment of data for the Al-Zn system (2020) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic modelling of the Ca–O system including 3rd generation description of CaO and CaO2 (2020) [crossref_reference_list]
• JANAF Thermochemical Tables, 1982 Supplement (1982) [crossref_reference_list]
• The International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90) (1990) [crossref_reference_list]
• From ultrasoft pseudopotentials to the projector augmented-wave method (1999) [crossref_reference_list]
• <i>Ab initio</i>up to the melting point: Anharmonicity and vacancies in aluminum (2009) [crossref_reference_list]
• Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple (1996) [crossref_reference_list]
• Heat capacity and enthalpy measurements on aluminum carbide (Al4C3) from 15 to 1173 °K. Thermodynamic properties from 0 to 200 °K (1965) [crossref_reference_list]

Cited for values by (1)

• A third generation Calphad description of W–C including a revision of liquid C (2022) — 4 values [orchid_extraction]

Cites (values carry this citation) (7)

• Thermodynamic properties of aluminum (1987) — 9 values [orchid_extraction]
• Thermodynamic calculations in the YAlC system (1995) — 2 values [orchid_extraction]
• Critical assessment and thermodynamic modeling of the Al–C system (2019) — 2 values [orchid_extraction]
• Thermodynamic properties of carbon up to the critical point (1973) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• SGTE data for pure elements (1991) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• JANAF Thermochemical Tables, 1982 Supplement (1982) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• The International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90) (1990) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]

TDB files modelling its system (2)

• tdb:AlC-21He-3g.tdb [orchid_literature_model_link]
• tdb:AlC-21He-3g.tdb [sgte_tdb_header]

Reassesses (cites an earlier assessment of the same system) (4)

• Thermodynamic calculations in the YAlC system (1995) [citation+same-system]
• Solubility of carbon in liquid Al and stability of Al4C3 (1994) [citation+same-system]
• Thermodynamic analysis of the Co–Al–C and Ni–Al–C systems by incorporating ab initio energetic calculations into the CALPHAD approach (2004) [citation+same-system]
• Critical assessment and thermodynamic modeling of the Al–C system (2019) [citation+same-system]

Data papers used (7)

• Thermodynamic properties of aluminum (1987) — 9 values [orchid_extraction]
• Thermodynamic calculations in the YAlC system (1995) — 2 values [orchid_extraction]
• Critical assessment and thermodynamic modeling of the Al–C system (2019) — 2 values [orchid_extraction]
• Thermodynamic properties of carbon up to the critical point (1973) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• SGTE data for pure elements (1991) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• JANAF Thermochemical Tables, 1982 Supplement (1982) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• The International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90) (1990) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]

Used in (assessments / papers that took values from it) (1)

• A third generation Calphad description of W–C including a revision of liquid C (2022) — 4 values [orchid_extraction]