Mg–Yb phases

5 phases (tier A 4, liquid 1); 5 stable in a calculated diagram. Structure types are assigned only when the stored evidence supports an assignment under the stated tier rules (tier A: standard phase name; tier B: unique Materials Project + OQMD on-hull match, DFT-supported; tier C: one structure stated by the assessment's crystallographic table, assessor-stated); other phases list candidates and are marked needs_review. Stability is from phase diagrams calculated with pycalphad from the SGTE binary collection (evidence class: model).

Data: interactive registry · full JSON · Mg–Yb system page · Markdown · field reference

Phases of the Mg–Yb system (5)
Phase	Structure	Basis	Stability (calculated)	Literature values	TDB models
BCC_A2 phase:mg-yb:bcc-a2	W · A2 · cI2 · Im-3m (229)	tier A: standard phase name	stable in 1 of 1 calculated diagram(s): 720.02–1240.45 K, x(Yb) 0.90974–1	4	1
FCC_A1 phase:mg-yb:fcc-a1	Cu · A1 · cF4 · Fm-3m (225)	tier A: standard phase name	stable in 1 of 1 calculated diagram(s): 300–1087.48 K, x(Yb) 0.96206–1	2	1
HCP_A3 phase:mg-yb:hcp-a3	Mg · A3 · hP2 · P6_3/mmc (194)	tier A: standard phase name	stable in 1 of 1 calculated diagram(s): 300–923 K, x(Yb) 0–0.00604	2	1
LIQUID phase:mg-yb:liquid	liquid	liquid	stable in 1 of 1 calculated diagram(s): 768.69–2500 K, x(Yb) 0–1	6	1
MG2YB_C14 phase:mg-yb:mg2yb-c14	MgZn2 · C14 · hP12 · P6_3/mmc (194)	tier A: standard phase name	stable in 1 of 1 calculated diagram(s): 300–991.27 K, x(Yb) 0.2945–0.36216	8	1

BCC_A2 (Mg–Yb)

Id: phase:mg-yb:bcc-a2; status assigned
Structure: W · A2 · cI2 · Im-3m (229); type st:a2-w-ci2; tier A: standard phase name; confidence high
Stability: stable in 1 of 1 calculated diagram(s): 720.02–1240.45 K, x(Yb) 0.90974–1
Literature: 4 values (4 accepted) from 1 papers
Interactive: phase registry entry

Names (3): corpus: corpus:phase:mg-yb:bcc-a2
paper: paper:10.1016/j.jallcom.2005.11.060:bcc(Yb)
tdb: tdb:MgYb-06Guo-LB.tdb:BCC_A2

TDB models of BCC_A2 (1): PHASE and CONSTITUENT statements as written

MgYb-06Guo-LB.tdb: BCC_A2, type code %B, sha256 f85e80786337a12b…

30: PHASE BCC_A2 %B 2 1 3 !
31: CONST BCC_A2 : MG YB% : VA : !

Example references (2 of 2; assessments first):

doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2005.11.060 Cuiping Guo, Zhenmin Du, Thermodynamic optimization of the Mg–Tb and Mg–Yb systems, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 422, 102-108 (2006).
assessment that models this phase; reports values for this phase
doi:10.1016/0022-5088(65)90063-9 O.D. McMasters, K.A. Gschneidner, Ytterbium-magnesium system, Journal of the Less Common Metals 8, 289-298 (1965).
cited as the source of values for this phase

FCC_A1 (Mg–Yb)

Id: phase:mg-yb:fcc-a1; status assigned
Structure: Cu · A1 · cF4 · Fm-3m (225); type st:a1-cu-cf4; tier A: standard phase name; confidence high
Stability: stable in 1 of 1 calculated diagram(s): 300–1087.48 K, x(Yb) 0.96206–1
Literature: 2 values (2 accepted) from 1 papers
Interactive: phase registry entry

Names (3): corpus: corpus:phase:mg-yb:fcc-a1
paper: paper:10.1016/j.jallcom.2005.11.060:fcc(Yb)
tdb: tdb:MgYb-06Guo-LB.tdb:FCC_A1

TDB models of FCC_A1 (1): PHASE and CONSTITUENT statements as written

MgYb-06Guo-LB.tdb: FCC_A1, type code %A, sha256 f85e80786337a12b…

25: PHASE FCC_A1 %A 2 1 1 !
26: CONST FCC_A1 : MG YB% : VA : !

Example references (2 of 2; assessments first):

doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2005.11.060 Cuiping Guo, Zhenmin Du, Thermodynamic optimization of the Mg–Tb and Mg–Yb systems, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 422, 102-108 (2006).
assessment that models this phase; reports values for this phase
doi:10.1016/0022-5088(65)90063-9 O.D. McMasters, K.A. Gschneidner, Ytterbium-magnesium system, Journal of the Less Common Metals 8, 289-298 (1965).
cited as the source of values for this phase

HCP_A3 (Mg–Yb)

Id: phase:mg-yb:hcp-a3; status assigned
Structure: Mg · A3 · hP2 · P6_3/mmc (194); type st:a3-mg-hp2; tier A: standard phase name; confidence high
Stability: stable in 1 of 1 calculated diagram(s): 300–923 K, x(Yb) 0–0.00604
Literature: 2 values (2 accepted) from 1 papers
Interactive: phase registry entry

Names (3): corpus: corpus:phase:mg-yb:hcp-a3
paper: paper:10.1016/j.jallcom.2005.11.060:hcp(Mg)
tdb: tdb:MgYb-06Guo-LB.tdb:HCP_A3

TDB models of HCP_A3 (1): PHASE and CONSTITUENT statements as written

MgYb-06Guo-LB.tdb: HCP_A3, type code %A, sha256 f85e80786337a12b…

35: PHASE HCP_A3 %A 2 1 0.5 !
36: CONST HCP_A3 : MG% YB : VA : !

Example references (2 of 2; assessments first):

doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2005.11.060 Cuiping Guo, Zhenmin Du, Thermodynamic optimization of the Mg–Tb and Mg–Yb systems, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 422, 102-108 (2006).
assessment that models this phase; reports values for this phase
doi:10.1016/0022-5088(65)90063-9 O.D. McMasters, K.A. Gschneidner, Ytterbium-magnesium system, Journal of the Less Common Metals 8, 289-298 (1965).
cited as the source of values for this phase

LIQUID (Mg–Yb)

Id: phase:mg-yb:liquid; status assigned
Structure: liquid; type st:liquid; liquid; confidence high
Stability: stable in 1 of 1 calculated diagram(s): 768.69–2500 K, x(Yb) 0–1
Literature: 6 values (6 accepted) from 1 papers
Interactive: phase registry entry

Names (3): corpus: corpus:phase:mg-yb:liquid
paper: paper:10.1016/j.jallcom.2005.11.060:liq.
tdb: tdb:MgYb-06Guo-LB.tdb:LIQUID

TDB models of LIQUID (1): PHASE and CONSTITUENT statements as written

MgYb-06Guo-LB.tdb: LIQUID, type code %, sha256 f85e80786337a12b…

20: PHASE LIQUID:L % 1 1 !
21: CONST LIQUID:L : MG YB : !

Example references (2 of 2; assessments first):

doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2005.11.060 Cuiping Guo, Zhenmin Du, Thermodynamic optimization of the Mg–Tb and Mg–Yb systems, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 422, 102-108 (2006).
assessment that models this phase; reports values for this phase
doi:10.1016/0022-5088(65)90063-9 O.D. McMasters, K.A. Gschneidner, Ytterbium-magnesium system, Journal of the Less Common Metals 8, 289-298 (1965).
cited as the source of values for this phase

MG2YB_C14 (Mg–Yb)

Id: phase:mg-yb:mg2yb-c14; status assigned
Structure: MgZn2 · C14 · hP12 · P6_3/mmc (194); type st:c14-mgzn2-hp12; tier A: standard phase name; confidence high
Caveat: partitioned order/disorder model in MgYb-06Guo-LB.tdb also describes the disordered state
Stability: stable in 1 of 1 calculated diagram(s): 300–991.27 K, x(Yb) 0.2945–0.36216
Literature: 8 values (8 accepted) from 1 papers
Interactive: phase registry entry

Names (3): corpus: corpus:phase:mg-yb:mg2yb-c14
paper: paper:10.1016/j.jallcom.2005.11.060:Mg2Yb
tdb: tdb:MgYb-06Guo-LB.tdb:MG2YB_C14

TDB models of MG2YB_C14 (1): PHASE and CONSTITUENT statements as written

MgYb-06Guo-LB.tdb: MG2YB_C14, type code %, sha256 f85e80786337a12b…

40: PHASE MG2YB_C14 % 2 2 1 !
41: CONST MG2YB_C14 : MG% YB : MG YB% : !

Example references (2 of 2; assessments first):

doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2005.11.060 Cuiping Guo, Zhenmin Du, Thermodynamic optimization of the Mg–Tb and Mg–Yb systems, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 422, 102-108 (2006).
assessment that models this phase; reports values for this phase
doi:10.1016/0022-5088(65)90063-9 O.D. McMasters, K.A. Gschneidner, Ytterbium-magnesium system, Journal of the Less Common Metals 8, 289-298 (1965).
cited as the source of values for this phase

Please cite

R. Arróyave, J. Saal, D. Shin, ORCHID-Registry: phase registry of binary systems (version 2026.10; Version 1, machine-extracted), Zenodo (2026). doi:10.5281/zenodo.23735970
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 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; 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); the original source of every value you use (paper_citation / paper_doi, and cited_dois for values the paper cites from earlier work). 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_phase_registry_2026,
  author    = {Arr{\'o}yave, Raymundo and Saal, James and Shin, Dongwon},
  title     = {{ORCHID-Registry: phase registry of binary systems}},
  version   = {2026.10},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  year      = {2026},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.23735970},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23735970},
  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}
}