Critical assessment and thermodynamic modeling of the Al–C system

G. Deffrennes, B. Gardiola, M. Allam, D. Chaussende, A. Pisch, J. Andrieux, R. Schmid-Fetzer, O. Dezellus

Calphad 66 101648 (2019) · Elsevier BV

DOI: 10.1016/j.calphad.2019.101648

Data: JSON record · id doi:10.1016/j.calphad.2019.101648 · metadata: crossref

Roles in ORCHID

• read by ORCHID (values extracted): 43 released values
• cited as the original source of values
• assessment behind a TDB file: AlC-19Def.tdb (Al–C)

Systems

Al–C

Evidence in ORCHID

43 values read from this paper (35 accepted), from 3 tables and 9 text passages.

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

Phase-registry phases citing it: 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): none deposited. Crossref is-referenced-by count: 14 (retrieved 2026-10-23).

Relations

Cited by (Crossref reference lists) (3)

• The third generation Calphad description of Al–C including revisions of pure Al and C (2021) [crossref_reference_list]
• The SGTE collection of binary datasets (2025) [crossref_reference_list]
• Al-C-Fe Ternary Phase Diagram Evaluation (2022) [crossref_reference_list]

References (Crossref, publisher-deposited) (21)

• Activities in carbon-saturated Fe-Al alloys and the stability of Al4C3 at 1873 K (1977) [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]
• Standard enthalpies of formation of AlB12 and Al4C3 by high temperature direct synthesis calorimetry (1995) [crossref_reference_list]
• Phase equilibria and thermodynamics of the Fe–Al–C system: Critical evaluation, experiment and thermodynamic optimization (2014) [crossref_reference_list]
• PANDAT software with PanEngine, PanOptimizer and PanPrecipitation for multi-component phase diagram calculation and materials property simulation (2009) [crossref_reference_list]
• Development of thermodynamic database for high Mn–high Al steels: Phase equilibria in the Fe–Mn–Al–C system by experiment and thermodynamic modeling (2015) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic assessment of the Al-C-Fe system (2017) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic description of the Al–C–Ti system (2015) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic calculation of the ternary system Al-Si-C (1996) [crossref_reference_list]
• Algebraic Representation of Thermodynamic Properties and the Classification of Solutions (1948) [crossref_reference_list]
• The Dissociation Pressure of Aluminum Carbide (1959) [crossref_reference_list]
• EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN ALUMINUM CARBIDE AND NITROGEN AT HIGH TEMPERATURES (1928) [crossref_reference_list]
• THE HIGH-TEMPERATURE EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN ALUMINUM OXIDE AND CARBON (1927) [crossref_reference_list]
• Enthalpies of formation of the carbides of aluminium and beryllium (1970) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic Analysis of the Fe-Al-C Ternary System by Incorporating ab initio Energetic Calculations into the CALPHAD Approach (2004) [crossref_reference_list]
• Heat of combustion and heat of formation of aluminum carbide (1964) [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]
• Dissociation pressure of aluminum carbide using a rotating Knudsen cell (1966) [crossref_reference_list]

Cited for values by (1)

• The third generation Calphad description of Al–C including revisions of pure Al and C (2021) — 2 values [orchid_extraction]

Cites (values carry this citation) (8)

• Standard enthalpies of formation of AlB12 and Al4C3 by high temperature direct synthesis calorimetry (1995) — 2 values [orchid_extraction]
• Vaporization thermodynamics of aluminum carbide (1980) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• The Dissociation Pressure of Aluminum Carbide (1959) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN ALUMINUM CARBIDE AND NITROGEN AT HIGH TEMPERATURES (1928) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• THE HIGH-TEMPERATURE EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN ALUMINUM OXIDE AND CARBON (1927) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• Enthalpies of formation of the carbides of aluminium and beryllium (1970) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• Heat of combustion and heat of formation of aluminum carbide (1964) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• Dissociation pressure of aluminum carbide using a rotating Knudsen cell (1966) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]

TDB files modelling its system (2)

• tdb:AlC-19Def.tdb [orchid_literature_model_link]
• tdb:AlC-19Def.tdb [sgte_tdb_header]

Reassessed by (1)

• The third generation Calphad description of Al–C including revisions of pure Al and C (2021) [citation+same-system]

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

• 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]

Data papers used (8)

• Standard enthalpies of formation of AlB12 and Al4C3 by high temperature direct synthesis calorimetry (1995) — 2 values [orchid_extraction]
• Vaporization thermodynamics of aluminum carbide (1980) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• The Dissociation Pressure of Aluminum Carbide (1959) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN ALUMINUM CARBIDE AND NITROGEN AT HIGH TEMPERATURES (1928) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• THE HIGH-TEMPERATURE EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN ALUMINUM OXIDE AND CARBON (1927) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• Enthalpies of formation of the carbides of aluminium and beryllium (1970) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• Heat of combustion and heat of formation of aluminum carbide (1964) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• Dissociation pressure of aluminum carbide using a rotating Knudsen cell (1966) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]

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

• The third generation Calphad description of Al–C including revisions of pure Al and C (2021) — 2 values [orchid_extraction]