Thermodynamic Assessment of the U-Sn System and Extension to the U-Zr-Sn System

Jun Wang, Yuan Yuan, Xiongying Cheng, Qin Zhang, Rongjian Pan, Aitao Tang

Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion 42 (2) 194-205 (2021) · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

DOI: 10.1007/s11669-021-00872-2

Data: JSON record · id doi:10.1007/s11669-021-00872-2 · metadata: crossref

Roles in ORCHID

• read by ORCHID (values extracted): 65 released values
• assessment behind a TDB file: SnU-21Wan.tdb (Sn–U)
• discovery lead (found by Crossref assessment discovery, not read): rank 51, score 122; systems named in title: Sn–U–Zr

Systems

Sn–U, Sn–U–Zr

Evidence in ORCHID

65 values read from this paper (55 accepted), from 3 tables and 6 text passages.

ESPEI datasets derived: 4 (derived/invariant-brackets/SN-U/SnU-21Wan.zpf-00.json …).

Phase-registry phases citing it: phase:sn-u:a20-orthorhombic, phase:sn-u:a4-diamond, phase:sn-u:a5-bct, phase:sn-u:bcc-a2, phase:sn-u:fcc-a1, phase:sn-u:hcp-a3, phase:sn-u:liquid, phase:sn-u:sn2u, phase:sn-u:sn3u-l12, phase:sn-u:sn4u5, phase:sn-u:sn7u3, phase:sn-u:snu, phase:sn-u:u-tetragonal

Availability

Read by ORCHID: yes (values_extracted). Open-access licence (Crossref license field): none deposited. Crossref is-referenced-by count: 2 (retrieved 2026-10-23).

Relations

Cited by (Crossref reference lists) (1)

• The SGTE collection of binary datasets (2025) [crossref_reference_list]

References (Crossref, publisher-deposited) (18)

• The Sn-U (Tin-Uranium) system (1987) [crossref_reference_list]
• Intermetallic compounds of uranium and plutonium with tin (1983) [crossref_reference_list]
• Enthalpies of formation of rare earth and uranium tin compounds (1988) [crossref_reference_list]
• The phase diagram of the USn system (1995) [crossref_reference_list]
• Progress in the thermodynamic modelling of the O–U–Zr ternary system (2004) [crossref_reference_list]
• The Zr–Sn binary system: New experimental results and thermodynamic assessment (2008) [crossref_reference_list]
• PANDAT software with PanEngine, PanOptimizer and PanPrecipitation for multi-component phase diagram calculation and materials property simulation (2009) [crossref_reference_list]
• A thermodynamic description of the U−Ti−Zr system (2018) [crossref_reference_list]
• Experimental investigations and thermodynamic modelling of the Cr–Nb–Sn–Zr system (2019) [crossref_reference_list]
• CALPHAD modeling and ab initio calculations of the Np-U-Zr system (2018) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic modeling of the Th–U, Th–Zr and Th–U–Zr systems (2009) [crossref_reference_list]
• Gibbs energies of formation of the intermetallic compounds of U–Sn system (2013) [crossref_reference_list]
• Critical evaluation and thermodynamic optimization of the (U + Bi), (U + Si) and (U + Sn) binary systems (2016) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic modeling of the U–Zr system – A revisit (2013) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic modelling of the O–U–Zr system (1998) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic assessment of the Fe–U, U–Zr and Fe–U–Zr systems (1998) [crossref_reference_list]
• The zirconium-tin system, with particular attention to the Zr5Sn3-Zr5Sn4 region and Zr4Sn (1990) [crossref_reference_list]
• The structures of some metal compounds of uranium (1949) [crossref_reference_list]

Cites (values carry this citation) (6)

• The phase diagram of the USn system (1995) — 18 values [orchid_extraction]
• Critical evaluation and thermodynamic optimization of the (U + Bi), (U + Si) and (U + Sn) binary systems (2016) — 9 values [orchid_extraction]
• Gibbs energies of formation of the intermetallic compounds of U–Sn system (2013) — 8 values [orchid_extraction]
• Enthalpies of formation of rare earth and uranium tin compounds (1988) — 4 values [orchid_extraction]
• The Sn-U (Tin-Uranium) system (1987) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• Intermetallic compounds of uranium and plutonium with tin (1983) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]

TDB files modelling its system (2)

• tdb:SnU-21Wan.tdb [orchid_literature_model_link]
• tdb:SnU-21Wan.tdb [sgte_tdb_header]

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

• The Sn-U (Tin-Uranium) system (1987) [citation+same-system]

Data papers used (6)

• The phase diagram of the USn system (1995) — 18 values [orchid_extraction]
• Critical evaluation and thermodynamic optimization of the (U + Bi), (U + Si) and (U + Sn) binary systems (2016) — 9 values [orchid_extraction]
• Gibbs energies of formation of the intermetallic compounds of U–Sn system (2013) — 8 values [orchid_extraction]
• Enthalpies of formation of rare earth and uranium tin compounds (1988) — 4 values [orchid_extraction]
• The Sn-U (Tin-Uranium) system (1987) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]
• Intermetallic compounds of uranium and plutonium with tin (1983) — 1 values [orchid_extraction]