Calphad thermodynamic description of some binary systems involving U

A. Berche, N. Dupin, C. Guéneau, C. Rado, B. Sundman, J.C. Dumas

Journal of Nuclear Materials 411 (1-3) 131-143 (2011) · Elsevier BV

DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2011.01.043

Data: JSON record · id doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2011.01.043 · metadata: crossref

Roles in ORCHID

• read by ORCHID (values extracted): 99 released values
• cited as the original source of values
• assessment behind a TDB file: CrU-11Ber.tdb (Cr–U), MoU-11Ber.tdb (Mo–U), ReU-11Ber.tdb (Re–U), RuU-11Ber.tdb (Ru–U), TiU-11Ber.tdb (Ti–U), UW-11Ber.tdb (U–W)

Systems

U, Cr–U, Mo–U, Re–U, Ru–U, Ti–U, U–W

Evidence in ORCHID

99 values read from this paper (99 accepted), from 6 tables and 0 text passages.

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

ESPEI datasets derived: 6 (derived/invariant-brackets/RU-U/RuU-11Ber.zpf-01.json …).

Phase-registry phases citing it: phase:cr-u:a20-orthorhombic, phase:cr-u:bcc-a2, phase:cr-u:fcc-a1, phase:cr-u:hcp-a3, phase:cr-u:liquid, phase:cr-u:u-tetragonal, phase:mo-u:a20-orthorhombic, phase:mo-u:bcc-a2, phase:mo-u:fcc-a1, phase:mo-u:hcp-a3, phase:mo-u:liquid, phase:mo-u:mou2-c11b, phase:mo-u:u-tetragonal, phase:re-u:a20-orthorhombic, phase:re-u:bcc-a2, phase:re-u:fcc-a1, phase:re-u:hcp-a3, phase:re-u:liquid, phase:re-u:re2u, phase:re-u:reu2 …

Availability

Read by ORCHID: yes (values_extracted). Open-access licence (Crossref license field): none deposited. Crossref is-referenced-by count: 71 (retrieved 2026-10-23).

Relations

Cited by (Crossref reference lists) (17)

• The Application of CALPHAD Calculations to Uranium-Based Metallic Nuclear Fuels (2018) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic Assessment of the U-Ti-Zr System and Atomic Mobility of Its bcc Phase (2025) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic assessment of the cesium–oxygen system by coupling density functional theory and CALPHAD approaches (2015) [crossref_reference_list]
• A thermodynamic description of the U−Ti−Zr system (2018) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic investigations of the uranium-molybdenum-oxygen system by a coupling of density functional theory and CALPHAD methodologies (2018) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic assessments of the U–Nb–Mo and U–Nb–Cr ternary systems (2021) [crossref_reference_list]
• The SGTE collection of binary datasets (2025) [crossref_reference_list]
• Accelerating thermochemistry in MOX fuel modelling via neural-network surrogates of CALPHAD calculations: Integration into SCIANTIX (2026) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic assessment of the neptunium–oxygen system: Mass spectrometric studies and thermodynamic modelling (2016) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic modelling of advanced oxide and carbide nuclear fuels: Description of the U–Pu–O–C systems (2011) [crossref_reference_list]
• The U–Ti system: Strengths and weaknesses of the CALPHAD method (2011) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic assessment of the Th–U–Pu system (2014) [crossref_reference_list]
• Experimental investigation of the U-rich region and thermodynamic re-assessment of the U–Ti system (2021) [crossref_reference_list]
• Review of phase equilibria in the Pb-Bi-Fe-Cr-Ni-U-N system – Basis for a “heavy liquid metal coolant – Fuel cladding steel – Nitride fuel” interactions (2024) [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]
• Ab initio investigation and thermodynamic modeling of the Mo–Ti–Zr system (2020) [crossref_reference_list]
• Interaction chimique à haute température entre les matériaux absorbants et le corium lors d’un accident grave dans un réacteur RNR-Na (2026) [crossref_reference_list]

References (Crossref, publisher-deposited) (20)

• The Cr-U (Chromium-Uranium) system (1985) [crossref_reference_list]
• The Ru−U (Ruthenium-Uranium) system (1982) [crossref_reference_list]
• The uranium-molybdenum equilibrium diagram below 900° C (1960) [crossref_reference_list]
• The effect of cooling rate and composition on the transformation of the gamma-phase in uranium ruthenium alloys (with an appendix on ruthenium as a grain-refining element) (1965) [crossref_reference_list]
• The high temperature phase diagrams for Th-Mo, Th-Re, U-Mo, and U-Re; derived thermodynamic properties of refractory metal solutes in liquid thorium and uranium (1977) [crossref_reference_list]
• Experimental investigation of the ruthenium-uranium and rhenium-uranium binary systems (1994) [crossref_reference_list]
• The uraniumrhenium alloy system (1963) [crossref_reference_list]
• The uranium-rich region of the uranium-ruthenium binary system (1976) [crossref_reference_list]
• SGTE data for pure elements (1991) [crossref_reference_list]
• Cohesion in alloys — fundamentals of a semi-empirical model (1980) [crossref_reference_list]
• Ab initio lattice stabilities of some elemental complex structures (2006) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic modelling of the plutonium–oxygen system (2008) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic calculation of phase equilibria of the U–Ga and U–W systems (2008) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic study of the U–Si system (2009) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic assessment of the U–Mo–Al system (2010) [crossref_reference_list]
• Algebraic Representation of Thermodynamic Properties and the Classification of Solutions (1948) [crossref_reference_list]
• Efficient iterative schemes for <i>ab initio</i> total-energy calculations using a plane-wave basis set (1996) [crossref_reference_list]
• Generalized gradient approximation for the exchange-correlation hole of a many-electron system (1996) [crossref_reference_list]
• From ultrasoft pseudopotentials to the projector augmented-wave method (1999) [crossref_reference_list]
• Reactions of uranium with the platinide elements. I. The uranium-ruthenium system (1968) [crossref_reference_list]

Cited for values by (1)

• Experimental investigation of the U-rich region and thermodynamic re-assessment of the U–Ti system (2021) — 4 values [orchid_extraction]

Cites (values carry this citation) (7)

• Reactions of uranium with the platinide elements. I. The uranium-ruthenium system (1968) — 20 values [orchid_extraction]
• Experimental investigation of the ruthenium-uranium and rhenium-uranium binary systems (1994) — 9 values [orchid_extraction]
• The uraniumrhenium alloy system (1963) — 6 values [orchid_extraction]
• The effect of cooling rate and composition on the transformation of the gamma-phase in uranium ruthenium alloys (with an appendix on ruthenium as a grain-refining element) (1965) — 4 values [orchid_extraction]
• The uranium-rich region of the uranium-ruthenium binary system (1976) — 4 values [orchid_extraction]
• M. Venkatraman, J.P. Neumann, D.E. Peterson, Bull. Alloy Phase Diagrams 6 (5) (1985) 425–429; M. Venkatraman, J.P. Neumann, D.E. Peterson, J. Chem. Phys. 73 (2) (1980) 908–912. (1980) — 3 values [orchid_extraction]
• The high temperature phase diagrams for Th-Mo, Th-Re, U-Mo, and U-Re; derived thermodynamic properties of refractory metal solutes in liquid thorium and uranium (1977) — 2 values [orchid_extraction]

TDB files modelling its system (12)

• tdb:CrU-11Ber.tdb [sgte_tdb_header]
• tdb:CrU-11Ber.tdb [orchid_literature_model_link]
• tdb:MoU-11Ber.tdb [orchid_literature_model_link]
• tdb:MoU-11Ber.tdb [sgte_tdb_header]
• tdb:ReU-11Ber.tdb [orchid_literature_model_link]
• tdb:ReU-11Ber.tdb [sgte_tdb_header]
• tdb:RuU-11Ber.tdb [orchid_literature_model_link]
• tdb:RuU-11Ber.tdb [sgte_tdb_header]
• tdb:TiU-11Ber.tdb [orchid_literature_model_link]
• tdb:TiU-11Ber.tdb [sgte_tdb_header]
• tdb:UW-11Ber.tdb [sgte_tdb_header]
• tdb:UW-11Ber.tdb [orchid_literature_model_link]

Reassessed by (2)

• Thermodynamic investigations of the uranium-molybdenum-oxygen system by a coupling of density functional theory and CALPHAD methodologies (2018) [citation+same-system]
• Experimental investigation of the U-rich region and thermodynamic re-assessment of the U–Ti system (2021) [citation+same-system]

Reassesses (cites an earlier assessment of the same system) (2)

• Thermodynamic calculation of phase equilibria of the U–Ga and U–W systems (2008) [citation+same-system]
• Thermodynamic assessment of the U–Mo–Al system (2010) [citation+same-system]

Data papers used (7)

• Reactions of uranium with the platinide elements. I. The uranium-ruthenium system (1968) — 20 values [orchid_extraction]
• Experimental investigation of the ruthenium-uranium and rhenium-uranium binary systems (1994) — 9 values [orchid_extraction]
• The uraniumrhenium alloy system (1963) — 6 values [orchid_extraction]
• The effect of cooling rate and composition on the transformation of the gamma-phase in uranium ruthenium alloys (with an appendix on ruthenium as a grain-refining element) (1965) — 4 values [orchid_extraction]
• The uranium-rich region of the uranium-ruthenium binary system (1976) — 4 values [orchid_extraction]
• M. Venkatraman, J.P. Neumann, D.E. Peterson, Bull. Alloy Phase Diagrams 6 (5) (1985) 425–429; M. Venkatraman, J.P. Neumann, D.E. Peterson, J. Chem. Phys. 73 (2) (1980) 908–912. (1980) — 3 values [orchid_extraction]
• The high temperature phase diagrams for Th-Mo, Th-Re, U-Mo, and U-Re; derived thermodynamic properties of refractory metal solutes in liquid thorium and uranium (1977) — 2 values [orchid_extraction]

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

• Experimental investigation of the U-rich region and thermodynamic re-assessment of the U–Ti system (2021) — 4 values [orchid_extraction]