HgTe: enthalpy of formation

10 accepted literature formation-enthalpy value(s) (experimental 3, model 3, unspecified 4).

Literature values

Enthalpy of formation of HgTe reported in the literature (10)
Value	Phase as printed	T (K)	Class	System	Source	Location
-36.5 kJ/mol (basis unstated)	HgTe	298.15	experimental	Hg–Te	[1] Gierlotka 2010 cites Nasar 1990 doi	Table 4, p. 4, row 5 report
-33.9 kJ/mol (basis unstated)	HgTe	298.15	experimental	Hg–Te	[1] Gierlotka 2010 cites Ratajczak 1969	Table 4, p. 4, row 1 report
-31.8 kJ/mol (basis unstated)	HgTe	298.15	experimental	Hg–Te	[1] Gierlotka 2010 cites Mills 1974	Table 4, p. 4, row 2 report
-44.02 kJ/mol (basis unstated)	HgTe	298.15	model	Hg–Te	[1] Gierlotka 2010 cites Yang 1995 doi	Table 4, p. 4, row 7 report
-43.648 kJ/mol (basis unstated)	HgTe	298.15	model	Hg–Te	[1] Gierlotka 2010	Table 4, p. 4, row 8 report
-43.538 kJ/mol (basis unstated)	HgTe	298.15	model	Hg–Te	[2] Jianrong 1995	Table 4, p. 13, row 2 report
-44.002 kJ/mol (basis unstated)	HgTe	298.15	unspecified	Hg–Te	[2] Jianrong 1995 cites ref. 13	Table 4, p. 13, row 1 report
-43.802 kJ/mol (basis unstated)	HgTe	298.15	unspecified	Hg–Te	[1] Gierlotka 2010 cites Su 1981	Table 4, p. 4, row 4 report
-43.69 kJ/mol (basis unstated)	HgTe	298.15	unspecified	Hg–Te	[1] Gierlotka 2010 cites Brebrick 1991	Table 4, p. 4, row 6 report
-41.2 kJ/mol (basis unstated)	HgTe	298.15	unspecified	Hg–Te	[1] Gierlotka 2010 cites Sha 1989 doi	Table 4, p. 4, row 3 report

Uncertainty budget

Components kept separate, in the value's unit (literature SCHEMA.md, UNCERTAINTY_CALIBRATION.md): effective = max(sqrt(max(printed, reading, method)^2 + composition^2 + conversion^2), scatter). The method floor is the robust between-study scatter of the method class in ORCHID (calibrated) or a documented prior; printed values and printed uncertainties are unchanged.

Uncertainty budget of the literature values of HgTe
Value	Unit	Reading	Method (class, basis)	Effective
-36.5	kJ/mol (basis unstated)	0.05	7 (unknown, calibrated)	7
-33.9	kJ/mol (basis unstated)	0.05	7 (unknown, calibrated)	7
-31.8	kJ/mol (basis unstated)	0.05	7 (unknown, calibrated)	7
-44.02	kJ/mol (basis unstated)	0.005	7.8 (model_calculated, calibrated)	7.8
-43.648	kJ/mol (basis unstated)	5.000e-4	7.8 (model_calculated, calibrated)	7.8
-43.538	kJ/mol (basis unstated)	5.000e-4	7.8 (model_calculated, calibrated)	7.8
-44.002	kJ/mol (basis unstated)	5.000e-4	7 (unknown, calibrated)	7
-43.802	kJ/mol (basis unstated)	5.000e-4	7 (unknown, calibrated)	7
-43.69	kJ/mol (basis unstated)	0.005	7 (unknown, calibrated)	7
-41.2	kJ/mol (basis unstated)	0.05	7 (unknown, calibrated)	7

Sources

Wojciech Gierlotka, Thermodynamic description of the Hg–Te binary system, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 494, 102-108 (2010). doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2010.01.003
Yang Jianrong, N.J. Silk, A. Watson, A.W. Bryant, B.B. Argent, Thermodynamic and phase diagram assessment of the Cd-Te and Hg-Te systems, Calphad 19, 399-414 (1995). doi:10.1016/0364-5916(95)00038-g

Please cite

R. Arróyave, J. Saal, D. Shin, ORCHID-Values: thermodynamic and phase-equilibrium values read from the literature (version 2026.10; Version 1, machine-extracted), Zenodo (2026). doi:10.5281/zenodo.23735569
R. Arróyave, J. Saal, D. Shin, ORCHID-Parity: DFT-vs-experiment formation-enthalpy benchmark (version 2026.10; Version 1, machine-extracted), Zenodo (2026). doi:10.5281/zenodo.23735943
R. Arróyave, J. Saal, D. Shin, ORCHID data: umbrella record of the ORCHID datasets (version 2026.10; Version 1, machine-extracted), Zenodo (2026). doi:10.5281/zenodo.23736065

Also cite the original source of every value you use (paper_citation / paper_doi, and cited_dois for values the paper cites from earlier work); A. Jain et al., The Materials Project: A materials genome approach to accelerating materials innovation, APL Materials 1 (2013) 011002, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4812323 (CC BY 4.0); J. E. Saal et al., JOM 65 (2013) 1501, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-013-0755-4 and S. Kirklin et al., npj Comput. Mater. 1 (2015) 15010, https://doi.org/10.1038/npjcompumats.2015.10 (CC BY 4.0); G. Kim, S. V. Meschel, P. Nash, W. Chen, Experimental formation enthalpies for intermetallic phases and other inorganic compounds, Scientific Data 4 (2017) 170162, https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.162; B. Hallstedt, The SGTE collection of binary datasets, Calphad 89 (2025) 102833, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.calphad.2025.102833 (CC BY 4.0), and the original assessment named in each file. Version 1, machine-extracted: values were read by language-model readers constrained to quote their source and checked automatically, and the release was then audited on the printed pages by adversarial audits, an independent second review of fit-facing records and a preliminary human review of a frozen sample. Flags such as accepted and ESPEI-ready record screening results, not certification; known issues are listed in the release notes.

@misc{orchid_literature_2026,
  author    = {Arr{\'o}yave, Raymundo and Saal, James and Shin, Dongwon},
  title     = {{ORCHID-Values: thermodynamic and phase-equilibrium values read from the literature}},
  version   = {2026.10},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  year      = {2026},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.23735569},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23735569},
  note      = {Version 1, machine-extracted}
}

@misc{orchid_dft_benchmark_2026,
  author    = {Arr{\'o}yave, Raymundo and Saal, James and Shin, Dongwon},
  title     = {{ORCHID-Parity: DFT-vs-experiment formation-enthalpy benchmark}},
  version   = {2026.10},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  year      = {2026},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.23735943},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23735943},
  note      = {Version 1, machine-extracted}
}

@misc{orchid_data_2026,
  author    = {Arr{\'o}yave, Raymundo and Saal, James and Shin, Dongwon},
  title     = {{ORCHID data: umbrella record of the ORCHID datasets}},
  version   = {2026.10},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  year      = {2026},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.23736065},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23736065},
  note      = {Version 1, machine-extracted}
}