Cd–Yb system

55 accepted literature values from 1 paper(s) (experimental 27, model 20, DFT 8); 1 calculated phase diagram(s). 18 further extracted value(s) not accepted by the reader-agreement checks are only in the JSON/CSV.

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Accepted values by evidence class
Evidence class	Values
experimental	27
model	20
DFT	8

Accepted values by property group
Property group	Values
invariant reaction	28
formation	9
crystal structure	18

Calculated phase diagrams

Binary phase diagrams calculated with pycalphad 0.11.2 from the SGTE binary collection (Hallstedt 2025, CC BY 4.0). Evidence class: model.

Assessments with a calculated phase diagram
TDB file	Assessment	SHA-256	Links
CdYb-17Kal.tdb	F. Kali-Ali, Y. Djaballah, S. Triaa, S. Ugur, A. Belgacem-Bouzida, M. Drir, G. Ugur, J. Phase Equilib. Diffus., 38, 665-75(2017). doi:10.1007/s11669-017-0588-x	`7753beb8aad6591af2edb56b7d15c8d4072ea967201a225e01daddc7b7d34179`	viewer · TDB · JSON

Calculated three-phase invariants (model, mole fraction of the second component)
TDB file	T (K)	Phases at the invariant
CdYb-17Kal.tdb	975	LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.89253) + BCC_A2 (x(Yb) 0.97886) + FCC_A1 (x(Yb) 0.98903)
CdYb-17Kal.tdb	967.03	CD2YB_C14 (x(Yb) 0.33333) + CD2YB_HT (x(Yb) 0.33333) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.3618)
CdYb-17Kal.tdb	967.03	LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.3057) + CD2YB_C14 (x(Yb) 0.33333) + CD2YB_HT (x(Yb) 0.33333)
CdYb-17Kal.tdb	956.44	CD2YB_C14 (x(Yb) 0.33333) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.37622) + CDYB_B2 (x(Yb) 0.5)
CdYb-17Kal.tdb	956.44	CD2YB_C14 (x(Yb) 0.33333) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.37611) + CDYB_B2 (x(Yb) 0.5)
CdYb-17Kal.tdb	926.95	LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.26891) + CD8YB3 (x(Yb) 0.27273) + CD2YB_C14 (x(Yb) 0.33333)
CdYb-17Kal.tdb	926.95	LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.26901) + CD8YB3 (x(Yb) 0.27273) + CD2YB_C14 (x(Yb) 0.33333)
CdYb-17Kal.tdb	915.93	CD51YB14 (x(Yb) 0.21538) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.24332) + CD8YB3 (x(Yb) 0.27273)
CdYb-17Kal.tdb	915.92	CD51YB14 (x(Yb) 0.21538) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.2431) + CD8YB3 (x(Yb) 0.27273)
CdYb-17Kal.tdb	915.92	CD51YB14 (x(Yb) 0.21538) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.24296) + CD8YB3 (x(Yb) 0.27273)
CdYb-17Kal.tdb	901.58	LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.13034) + CD6YB (x(Yb) 0.14286) + CD57YB10 (x(Yb) 0.14925)
CdYb-17Kal.tdb	901.58	LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.13046) + CD6YB (x(Yb) 0.14286) + CD57YB10 (x(Yb) 0.14925)
CdYb-17Kal.tdb	901.58	LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.13026) + CD6YB (x(Yb) 0.14286) + CD57YB10 (x(Yb) 0.14925)
CdYb-17Kal.tdb	897.69	CD57YB10 (x(Yb) 0.14925) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.17322) + CD51YB14 (x(Yb) 0.21538)
CdYb-17Kal.tdb	897.69	CD57YB10 (x(Yb) 0.14925) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.17333) + CD51YB14 (x(Yb) 0.21538)
CdYb-17Kal.tdb	736.05	CDYB_B2 (x(Yb) 0.5) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.77684) + FCC_A1 (x(Yb) 0.97612)
CdYb-17Kal.tdb	736.05	CDYB_B2 (x(Yb) 0.5) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.77678) + FCC_A1 (x(Yb) 0.97611)
CdYb-17Kal.tdb	569.43	HCP_A3 (x(Yb) 0) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.02504) + CD6YB (x(Yb) 0.14286)
CdYb-17Kal.tdb	569.43	HCP_A3 (x(Yb) 0) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.02504) + CD6YB (x(Yb) 0.14286)
CdYb-17Kal.tdb	569.43	HCP_A3 (x(Yb) 0) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.02502) + CD6YB (x(Yb) 0.14286)

Convex hulls: OQMD DFT hull

Invariant reactions (literature)

Invariant reactions reported in the literature for the Cd–Yb system (28)
T (K)	Reaction / phases	Compositions (mole fraction)	Class	Source	Location
1069	congruent melting: Liquid <-> YbCd	L: Cd 0.5; YbCd: Cd 0.5	experimental	[1] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Palenzona 1971 doi	Table 4, p. 6, row 2 report
1068.93	congruent melting: Liquid <-> YbCd	L: Cd 0.5; YbCd: Cd 0.5	model	[1] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 4, p. 6, row 1 report
1028	metatectic/catatectic: (γYb) <-> (βYb) + liquide		experimental	[1] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Gschneidner 1988 doi	Table 4, p. 6, row 26 report
976.79	congruent melting: Liquid <-> YbCd2	L: Cd 0.667; YbCd2: Cd 0.667	model	[1] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 4, p. 6, row 3 report
976	congruent melting: Liquid <-> YbCd2	L: Cd 0.667; YbCd2: Cd 0.667	experimental	[1] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Palenzona 1971 doi	Table 4, p. 6, row 4 report
969	metatectic/catatectic: (γYb) <-> (βYb) + liquide	(γYb): Cd 0.0318; (βYb): Cd 0.019; L: Cd 0.094	experimental	[1] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Palenzona 1971 doi	Table 4, p. 6, row 25 report
968.9	metatectic/catatectic: (γYb) <-> (βYb) + liquide	(γYb): Cd 0.021; (βYb): Cd 0.01; L: Cd 0.111	model	[1] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 4, p. 6, row 24 report
968	polymorphic: βYbCd2 <-> αYbCd2	βYbCd2: Cd 0.667; αYbCd2: Cd 0.667	experimental	[1] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Palenzona 1971 doi	Table 4, p. 6, row 28 report
967.03	polymorphic: βYbCd2 <-> αYbCd2	βYbCd2: Cd 0.667; αYbCd2: Cd 0.667	model	[1] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 4, p. 6, row 27 report
956.26	eutectic: Liquid <-> YbCd + αYbCd2	L: Cd 0.623; YbCd: Cd 0.5; αYbCd2: Cd 0.667	model	[1] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 4, p. 6, row 9 report
953	eutectic: Liquid <-> YbCd + αYbCd2	L: Cd 0.612; YbCd: Cd 0.5; αYbCd2: Cd 0.667	experimental	[1] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Palenzona 1971 doi	Table 4, p. 6, row 10 report
930.3	congruent melting: Liquid <-> Yb14Cd51	L: Cd 0.785; Yb14Cd51: Cd 0.785	model	[1] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 4, p. 6, row 5 report
928	congruent melting: Liquid <-> Yb14Cd51	L: Cd 0.785; Yb14Cd51: Cd 0.785	experimental	[1] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Palenzona 1971 doi	Table 4, p. 6, row 6 report
927	peritectic: Liquid + βYbCd2 <-> Yb3Cd8	L: Cd 0.738; βYbCd2: Cd 0.667; Yb3Cd8: Cd 0.727	experimental	[1] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Palenzona 1971 doi	Table 4, p. 6, row 21 report
925.92	peritectic: Liquid + βYbCd2 <-> Yb3Cd8	L: Cd 0.732; βYbCd2: Cd 0.667; Yb3Cd8: Cd 0.727	model	[1] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 4, p. 6, row 20 report
921	eutectic: Liquid <-> Yb3Cd8 + Yb14Cd51	L: Cd 0.75; Yb3Cd8: Cd 0.727; Yb14Cd51: Cd 0.785	experimental	[1] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Palenzona 1971 doi	Table 4, p. 6, row 12 report
916.16	eutectic: Liquid <-> Yb3Cd8 + Yb14Cd51	L: Cd 0.755; Yb3Cd8: Cd 0.727; Yb14Cd51: Cd 0.785	model	[1] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 4, p. 6, row 11 report
911.13	congruent melting: Liquid <-> YbCd5,7	L: Cd 0.851; YbCd5,7: Cd 0.851	model	[1] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 4, p. 6, row 7 report
909	congruent melting: Liquid <-> YbCd5,7	L: Cd 0.851; YbCd5,7: Cd 0.851	experimental	[1] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Palenzona 1971 doi	Table 4, p. 6, row 8 report
900	eutectic: Liquid <-> Yb14Cd51 + YbCd5,7	L: Cd 0.825; Yb14Cd51: Cd 0.785; YbCd5,7: Cd 0.851	experimental	[1] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Palenzona 1971 doi	Table 4, p. 6, row 14 report
899.93	eutectic: Liquid <-> Yb14Cd51 + YbCd5,7	L: Cd 0.827; Yb14Cd51: Cd 0.785; YbCd5,7: Cd 0.851	model	[1] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 4, p. 6, row 13 report
887.6	peritectic: Liquid + YbCd5,7 <-> YbCd6	L: Cd 0.885; YbCd5,7: Cd 0.851; YbCd6: Cd 0.857	model	[1] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 4, p. 6, row 22 report
887	peritectic: Liquid + YbCd5,7 <-> YbCd6	L: Cd 0.885; YbCd5,7: Cd 0.851; YbCd6: Cd 0.857	experimental	[1] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Palenzona 1971 doi	Table 4, p. 6, row 23 report
740	eutectic: Liquid <-> (βYb) + YbCd	L: Cd 0.223; (βYb): Cd 0; YbCd: Cd 0.5	experimental	[1] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Palenzona 1971 doi	Table 4, p. 6, row 16 report
735	eutectic: Liquid <-> (βYb) + YbCd	L: Cd 0.223; YbCd: Cd 0.5	experimental	[1] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Gschneidner 1988 doi	Table 4, p. 6, row 17 report
734.6	eutectic: Liquid <-> (βYb) + YbCd	L: Cd 0.223; (βYb): Cd 0.023; YbCd: Cd 0.5	model	[1] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 4, p. 6, row 15 report
590	eutectic: Liquid <-> YbCd6 + (Cd)	L: Cd 0.99; YbCd6: Cd 0.857; (Cd): Cd 1	experimental	[1] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Palenzona 1971 doi	Table 4, p. 6, row 19 report
569.07	eutectic: Liquid <-> YbCd6 + (Cd)	L: Cd 0.975; YbCd6: Cd 0.857; (Cd): Cd 1	model	[1] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 4, p. 6, row 18 report

Formation enthalpies

Literature values in kJ/mol-atom where the per-atom basis is known. DFT columns: the lowest-energy entry at the same composition (Materials Project 2026.04.13, OQMD v1.8; different energy references, never averaged), from dft_parity.json.

Enthalpies of formation, Cd–Yb system (9)
Phase	Compound	Value	T (K)	Class	OQMD DFT (kJ/mol-atom)	Source	Location
Yb14Cd51	Cd51Yb14	-27.85 kJ/mol-atom		model	-30.302 (oqmd-2141572)	[1] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 2, p. 4, row 7 report
Yb3Cd8		-33.2 kJ/mol-atom		model		[1] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 2, p. 4, row 6 report
YbCd		-42.451 kJ/mol-atom	0	DFT		[1] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 2, p. 4, row 1 report
YbCd	CdYb	-42.021 kJ/mol-atom		model	-40.454 (oqmd-29044)	[1] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 2, p. 4, row 2 report
YbCd5.7		-21.603 kJ/mol-atom		model		[1] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 2, p. 4, row 8 report
YbCd6		-20.973 kJ/mol-atom		model		[1] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 2, p. 4, row 9 report
αYbCd2		-36.684 kJ/mol-atom	0	DFT		[1] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 2, p. 4, row 3 report
αYbCd2	Cd2Yb	-36.196 kJ/mol-atom		model	-36.261 (oqmd-1377351)	[1] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 2, p. 4, row 4 report
βYbCd2	Cd2Yb	-35.58 kJ/mol-atom		model	-36.261 (oqmd-1377351)	[1] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 2, p. 4, row 5 report

Other properties

Crystal structure (18)

Crystal structure, Cd–Yb system
Property	Value	T (K)	Phases / composition	Class	Source	Location
Lattice a	3.78 Å	0	YbCd YbCd: Cd 0.5	DFT	[1] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 1, p. 3, row 6 report
Lattice a	6.03 Å	0	YbCd2 YbCd2: Cd 0.667	DFT	[1] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 1, p. 3, row 8 report
Lattice a	13.44 Å	298.15	Yb14Cd51 Yb14Cd51: Cd 0.785	experimental	[1] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Palenzona 1971 doi	Table 1, p. 3, row 10 report
Lattice a	3.8 Å	298.15	YbCd YbCd: Cd 0.5	experimental	[1] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Palenzona 1971 doi	Table 1, p. 3, row 5 report
Lattice a	5.98 Å	298.15	YbCd2 YbCd2: Cd 0.667	experimental	[1] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Palenzona 1971 doi	Table 1, p. 3, row 7 report
Lattice a	15.63 Å	298.15	YbCd6 YbCd6: Cd 0.857	experimental	[1] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Palenzona 1971 doi	Table 1, p. 3, row 12 report
Lattice b	3.78 Å	0	YbCd YbCd: Cd 0.5	DFT	[1] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 1, p. 3, row 6 report
Lattice b	6.03 Å	0	YbCd2 YbCd2: Cd 0.667	DFT	[1] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 1, p. 3, row 8 report
Lattice b	13.44 Å	298.15	Yb14Cd51 Yb14Cd51: Cd 0.785	experimental	[1] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Palenzona 1971 doi	Table 1, p. 3, row 10 report
Lattice b	3.8 Å	298.15	YbCd YbCd: Cd 0.5	experimental	[1] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Palenzona 1971 doi	Table 1, p. 3, row 5 report
Lattice b	5.98 Å	298.15	YbCd2 YbCd2: Cd 0.667	experimental	[1] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Palenzona 1971 doi	Table 1, p. 3, row 7 report
Lattice b	15.63 Å	298.15	YbCd6 YbCd6: Cd 0.857	experimental	[1] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Palenzona 1971 doi	Table 1, p. 3, row 12 report
Lattice c	3.78 Å	0	YbCd YbCd: Cd 0.5	DFT	[1] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 1, p. 3, row 6 report
Lattice c	9.59 Å	0	YbCd2 YbCd2: Cd 0.667	DFT	[1] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 1, p. 3, row 8 report
Lattice c	9.65 Å	298.15	Yb14Cd51 Yb14Cd51: Cd 0.785	experimental	[1] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Palenzona 1971 doi	Table 1, p. 3, row 10 report
Lattice c	3.8 Å	298.15	YbCd YbCd: Cd 0.5	experimental	[1] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Palenzona 1971 doi	Table 1, p. 3, row 5 report
Lattice c	9.59 Å	298.15	YbCd2 YbCd2: Cd 0.667	experimental	[1] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Palenzona 1971 doi	Table 1, p. 3, row 7 report
Lattice c	15.63 Å	298.15	YbCd6 YbCd6: Cd 0.857	experimental	[1] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Palenzona 1971 doi	Table 1, p. 3, row 12 report

Sources

Reporting papers the values were read from (a value cited from another work names that work in its row).

F. Kali-Ali, Y. Djaballah, S. Triaa, Ş. Uğur, A. Belgacem-Bouzida, M. Drir et al., Ab-Initio Calculations and Thermodynamic Description of the Yb-Cd and Yb-Sn Systems, J. Phase Equilib. Diffus. 38, 665-675 (2017). doi:10.1007/s11669-017-0588-x

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-Diagrams: calculated binary phase diagrams (version 2026.10), Zenodo (2026). doi:10.5281/zenodo.23735859
R. Arróyave, J. Saal, D. Shin, ORCHID-Hulls: binary convex hulls (Materials Project, OQMD, assessed CALPHAD) (version 2026.10), Zenodo (2026). doi:10.5281/zenodo.23735891
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); 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). 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_phase_diagrams_2026,
  author    = {Arr{\'o}yave, Raymundo and Saal, James and Shin, Dongwon},
  title     = {{ORCHID-Diagrams: calculated binary phase diagrams}},
  version   = {2026.10},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  year      = {2026},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.23735859},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23735859}
}

@misc{orchid_hulls_2026,
  author    = {Arr{\'o}yave, Raymundo and Saal, James and Shin, Dongwon},
  title     = {{ORCHID-Hulls: binary convex hulls (Materials Project, OQMD, assessed CALPHAD)}},
  version   = {2026.10},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  year      = {2026},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.23735891},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23735891}
}

@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}
}