Thermodynamic assessment of the Th–U–Pu system

O. Beneš, D. Manara, R.J.M. Konings

Journal of Nuclear Materials 449 (1-3) 15-22 (2014) · Elsevier BV

DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.02.001

Data: JSON record · id doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.02.001 · metadata: crossref

Roles in ORCHID

• read by ORCHID (values extracted): 144 released values
• assessment behind a TDB file: PuTh-14Ben.tdb (Pu–Th), ThU-14Ben.tdb (Th–U)
• discovery lead (found by Crossref assessment discovery, not read): rank 124, score 119; systems named in title: Pu–Th–U

Systems

Pu, Th, U, Pu–Th, Th–U, Pu–Th–U

Evidence in ORCHID

144 values read from this paper (49 accepted), from 2 tables and 0 text passages.

Phase-registry phases citing it: phase:pu-th:a6-tetragonal, phase:pu-th:fcc-a1, phase:pu-th:liquid, phase:pu-th:pu-alpha, phase:pu-th:pu-bcc, phase:pu-th:pu-beta, phase:pu-th:pu-gamma, phase:pu-th:pu7th3, phase:pu-th:th-bcc, phase:th-u:a20-orthorhombic, phase:th-u:fcc-a1, phase:th-u:liquid, phase:th-u:th-bcc, phase:th-u:u-bcc, phase:th-u:u-tetragonal

Availability

Read by ORCHID: yes (values_extracted). Open-access licence (Crossref license field): http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ (vor). Crossref is-referenced-by count: 10 (retrieved 2026-10-23).

Relations

Cited by (Crossref reference lists) (4)

• The Application of CALPHAD Calculations to Uranium-Based Metallic Nuclear Fuels (2018) [crossref_reference_list]
• The SGTE collection of binary datasets (2025) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic modelling of thoria-urania and thoria-plutonia fuels: Description of the Th-U-Pu-O quaternary system (2018) [crossref_reference_list]
• A Combined Experimental and Computational Thermodynamic Investigation of the U–Th–O System (2016) [crossref_reference_list]

References (Crossref, publisher-deposited) (11)

• The Th-U (Thorium-Uranium) system (1985) [crossref_reference_list]
• The Pu−Th (Plutonium-Thorium) system (1985) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic Database and the Phase Diagrams of the (U, Th, Pu)-X Binary Systems (2009) [crossref_reference_list]
• Model predictions for the enthalpy of formation of transition metal alloys II (1983) [crossref_reference_list]
• SGTE data for pure elements (1991) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic modeling of the Th–U, Th–Zr and Th–U–Zr systems (2009) [crossref_reference_list]
• Calphad thermodynamic description of some binary systems involving U (2011) [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 assessment of the Pu-U, Pu-Zr, and Pu-U-Zr systems (1999) [crossref_reference_list]
• Algebraic Representation of Thermodynamic Properties and the Classification of Solutions (1948) [crossref_reference_list]
• The Thermodynamic Properties of the f-Elements and Their Compounds. I. The Lanthanide and Actinide Metals (2010) [crossref_reference_list]

TDB files modelling its system (2)

• tdb:PuTh-14Ben.tdb [sgte_tdb_header]
• tdb:ThU-14Ben.tdb [sgte_tdb_header]

Reassesses (cites an earlier assessment of the same system) (1)

• Thermodynamic modeling of the Th–U, Th–Zr and Th–U–Zr systems (2009) [citation+same-system]