Co–Ga system

44 accepted literature values from 3 paper(s) (experimental 22, model 12, DFT 10); 3 calculated phase diagram(s). 11 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 classValues
experimental22
model12
DFT10
Accepted values by property group
Property groupValues
invariant reaction21
formation14
crystal structure9

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 fileAssessmentSHA-256Links
CoGa-05Su.tdbX. Su, J.-C. Tedenac, Intermetallics, 13, 467-73(2005). doi:10.1016/j.intermet.2004.08.003d465d6a3ab86a311c1e29ed1293abad3aa84aaa7b773769bd930a288797c0fd7viewer · TDB · JSON
CoGa-10Cha.tdbA. Chari, A. Garay, R. Arroyave, Calphad, 34, 189-95(2010). doi:10.1016/j.calphad.2010.02.004d36d75154ff187ec987f3f033ec9963eff169dd02215bce8311737df0203f8fdviewer · TDB · JSON
CoGa-99Gro.tdbJ. Groebner, R. Wenzel, G.G. Fischer, R. Schmid-Fetzer, J. Phase Equilib., 20, 615-25(1999). doi:10.1361/105497199770340608119f21425d794516e905b9a5bb5776acbb666cf212e82904caa365f6b4852379viewer · TDB · JSON
Calculated three-phase invariants (model, mole fraction of the second component)
TDB fileT (K)Phases at the invariant
CoGa-05Su.tdb1483.15FCC_A1 (x(Ga) 0.18971) + COGA_B2 (x(Ga) 0.27047) + LIQUID (x(Ga) 0.31358)
CoGa-05Su.tdb1127.69COGA_B2 (x(Ga) 0.6104) + COGA3 (x(Ga) 0.75) + LIQUID (x(Ga) 0.83572)
CoGa-05Su.tdb1127.69COGA_B2 (x(Ga) 0.61045) + COGA3 (x(Ga) 0.75) + LIQUID (x(Ga) 0.83588)
CoGa-05Su.tdb302.91COGA3 (x(Ga) 0.75) + ORTHORHOMBIC_A11 (x(Ga) 1) + LIQUID (x(Ga) 1)
CoGa-10Cha.tdb1119.92COGA_B2 (x(Ga) 0.61858) + COGA3 (x(Ga) 0.75) + LIQUID (x(Ga) 0.83973)
CoGa-99Gro.tdb1481.96FCC_A1 (x(Ga) 0.14655) + LIQUID (x(Ga) 0.36925) + COGA_B2 (x(Ga) 0.37178)
CoGa-99Gro.tdb1132.33COGA_B2 (x(Ga) 0.61359) + COGA3 (x(Ga) 0.75) + LIQUID (x(Ga) 0.79882)
CoGa-99Gro.tdb489.74HCP_A3 (x(Ga) 0.10463) + FCC_A1 (x(Ga) 0.11141) + COGA_B2 (x(Ga) 0.43738)
CoGa-99Gro.tdb302.91COGA3 (x(Ga) 0.75) + ORTHORHOMBIC_A11 (x(Ga) 1) + LIQUID (x(Ga) 1)

Convex hulls: Materials Project DFT hull · OQMD DFT hull · CALPHAD hull CoGa-05Su · CALPHAD hull CoGa-99Gro

Invariant reactions (literature)

Invariant reactions reported in the literature for the Co–Ga system (21)
T (K)Reaction / phasesCompositions (mole fraction)ClassSourceLocationQuote
1483Liq. + fcc ↔ βLiq.: Ga 0.265; fcc: Ga 0.19; β: Ga 0.265experimental[1] Chari 2010
cites Feschotte 1979
Table 4, p. 6, row 3
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1483Liq. + fcc ↔ βLiq.: Ga 0.3136; fcc: Ga 0.1897; β: Ga 0.2705model[1] Chari 2010
cites Su 2005
Table 4, p. 6, row 2
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1483Liq. + (αCo) -> βLiq.: Ga 0.265; (αCo): Ga 0.19; β: Ga 0.265experimental[2] Su 2005
cites ref. 79Fes
Table 2, p. 4, row 2
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1483Liq. + (αCo) -> βLiq.: Ga 0.3136; (αCo): Ga 0.1897; β: Ga 0.2705model[2] Su 2005Table 2, p. 4, row 1
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1482Liq. + fcc ↔ βLiq.: Ga 0.3185; fcc: Ga 0.1966; β: Ga 0.2952model[1] Chari 2010Table 4, p. 6, row 1
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1480Liq. + fcc ↔ βLiq.: Ga 0.3; fcc: Ga 0.13; β: Ga 0.275experimental[1] Chari 2010
cites Esslinger 1957
Table 4, p. 6, row 4
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1480Liq. + (αCo) -> βLiq.: Ga 0.3; (αCo): Ga 0.13; β: Ga 0.275experimental[2] Su 2005
cites ref. 57Ess
Table 2, p. 4, row 3
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1450Liq. + (αCo) -> βLiq.: Ga 0.51; (αCo): Ga 0.33; β: Ga 0.36experimental[2] Su 2005
cites ref. 80Lu
Table 2, p. 4, row 4
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1450Liq. + fcc ↔ βLiq.: Ga 0.51; fcc: Ga 0.33; β: Ga 0.36experimental[1] Chari 2010
cites Lu 1980
Table 4, p. 6, row 5
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1128Liq. + β -> CoGa3Liq.: Ga 0.8; β: Ga 0.645; CoGa3: Co 0.25, Ga 0.75experimental[2] Su 2005
cites ref. 79Fes
Table 2, p. 4, row 6
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1128Liq. + β ↔ fccLiq.: Ga 0.8; β: Ga 0.645experimental[1] Chari 2010
cites Feschotte 1979
Table 4, p. 6, row 8
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1128Liq. + β ↔ fccLiq.: Ga 0.8355; β: Ga 0.6103model[1] Chari 2010
cites Su 2005
Table 4, p. 6, row 7
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1128Liq. + β -> CoGa3Liq.: Ga 0.8355; β: Ga 0.6103; CoGa3: Co 0.25, Ga 0.75model[2] Su 2005Table 2, p. 4, row 5
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1120peritectic: Liq + β → CoGa3model[1] Chari 2010p. 3
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In this study, CoGa3 is taken as a stoichiometric compound with the crystal structure tP16 which decomposes in the peritectic reaction Liq + β → CoGa3 . The temperature at which this reaction takes place is taken as 1120 K.
1120Liq. + β ↔ fccLiq.: Ga 0.8397; β: Ga 0.6186model[1] Chari 2010Table 4, p. 6, row 6
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1111Liq. + β ↔ fccLiq.: Ga 0.8; β: Ga 0.65experimental[1] Chari 2010
cites Esslinger 1957
Table 4, p. 6, row 9
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1111Liq. + β -> CoGa3Liq.: Ga 0.8; β: Ga 0.65; CoGa3: Co 0.25, Ga 0.75experimental[2] Su 2005
cites ref. 57Ess
Table 2, p. 4, row 7
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1106Liq. + β ↔ fccLiq.: Ga 0.85; β: Ga 0.63experimental[1] Chari 2010
cites Lu 1980
Table 4, p. 6, row 10
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1106Liq. + β -> CoGa3Liq.: Ga 0.85; β: Ga 0.63; CoGa3: Co 0.25, Ga 0.75experimental[2] Su 2005
cites ref. 82Lu
Table 2, p. 4, row 8
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303.5Liq. + CoGa3 → Orthorhombic GaLiq.: Ga 1; CoGa3: Ga 0.75; Orthorhombic Ga: Ga 1experimental[1] Chari 2010
cites Feschotte 1979
Table 4, p. 6, row 12
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302.9Liq. + CoGa3 → Orthorhombic GaLiq.: Ga 1; CoGa3: Ga 0.75; Orthorhombic Ga: Ga 1model[1] Chari 2010Table 4, p. 6, row 11
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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, Co–Ga system (14)
PhaseCompoundValueT (K)ClassMP DFT (kJ/mol-atom)OQMD DFT (kJ/mol-atom)SourceLocationQuote
CoGaCoGa-41 kJ/mol-atom298.15experimental-27.209 (mp-aaaaabrd)-27.73 (oqmd-88346)[3] Gröbner 1999
cites Predel 1975 doi
Table 1, p. 2, row 20
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CoGaCoGa-38 kJ/mol-atom1173experimental-27.209 (mp-aaaaabrd)-27.73 (oqmd-88346)[3] Gröbner 1999
cites Mikula 1987
Table 1, p. 2, row 24
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CoGaCoGa-36 kJ/mol-atom1173experimental-27.209 (mp-aaaaabrd)-27.73 (oqmd-88346)[3] Gröbner 1999
cites Katayama 1975 doi
Table 1, p. 2, row 23
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CoGaCoGa-35.5 kJ/mol-atom298.15model-27.209 (mp-aaaaabrd)-27.73 (oqmd-88346)[3] Gröbner 1999Table 1, p. 2, row 21
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CoGaCoGa-32 kJ/mol-atom1100experimental-27.209 (mp-aaaaabrd)-27.73 (oqmd-88346)[3] Gröbner 1999
cites Th 1982
Table 1, p. 2, row 22
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CoGa3CoGa3-45 kJ/mol-atom298.15experimental-25.895 (mp-aaaabekt)-25.771 (oqmd-29254)[3] Gröbner 1999
cites Predel 1975 doi
Table 1, p. 2, row 25
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CoGa3-32.4 kJ/mol-atom298.15DFT[1] Chari 2010Table 2, p. 4, row 8
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CoGa3CoGa3-29 kJ/mol-atom298.15model-25.895 (mp-aaaabekt)-25.771 (oqmd-29254)[3] Gröbner 1999Table 1, p. 2, row 26
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CoGa3CoGa3-29 kJ/mol-atom1100experimental-25.895 (mp-aaaabekt)-25.771 (oqmd-29254)[3] Gröbner 1999
cites Th 1982
Table 1, p. 2, row 27
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CoGa3CoGa3-28.666 kJ/mol-atom298.15model-25.895 (mp-aaaabekt)-25.771 (oqmd-29254)[1] Chari 2010Table 2, p. 4, row 9
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CoGa3-25.9 kJ/mol-atom298.15DFT[1] Chari 2010Table 2, p. 4, row 7
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β (Ga:Co)-39.4 kJ/mol-atom298.15DFT[1] Chari 2010Table 2, p. 4, row 2
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β (Ga:Co)-37.833 kJ/mol-atom298.15model[1] Chari 2010Table 2, p. 4, row 3
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β (Ga:Co)-26.9 kJ/mol-atom298.15DFT[1] Chari 2010Table 2, p. 4, row 1
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Other properties

Crystal structure (9)

Crystal structure, Co–Ga system
PropertyValueT (K)Phases / compositionClassSourceLocationQuote
Lattice a6.242 ÅCoGa3
alloy: Ga 0.75
experimental[1] Chari 2010
cites Meyer 1997 doi
Table 3, p. 5, row 6
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Lattice a6.26 Å0CoGa3
alloy: Ga 0.75
DFT[1] Chari 2010Table 3, p. 5, row 5
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Lattice a6.106 Å0CoGa3
alloy: Ga 0.75
DFT[1] Chari 2010Table 3, p. 5, row 4
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Lattice a2.886 Å0βDFT[1] Chari 2010Table 3, p. 5, row 2
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Lattice a2.813 Å0βDFT[1] Chari 2010Table 3, p. 5, row 1
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Lattice a2.88 Åβexperimental[1] Chari 2010
cites Whittle 1980 doi
Table 3, p. 5, row 3
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Lattice c6.442 ÅCoGa3
alloy: Ga 0.75
experimental[1] Chari 2010
cites Meyer 1997 doi
Table 3, p. 5, row 9
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Lattice c6.295 Å0CoGa3
alloy: Ga 0.75
DFT[1] Chari 2010Table 3, p. 5, row 7
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Lattice c6.471 Å0CoGa3
alloy: Ga 0.75
DFT[1] Chari 2010Table 3, p. 5, row 8
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Sources

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

  1. Arpita Chari, Andres Garay, Raymundo Arróyave, Thermodynamic remodeling of the Co–Ga system, Calphad 34, 189-195 (2010). doi:10.1016/j.calphad.2010.02.004
  2. Xuping Su, Jean-Claude Tedenac, Thermodynamic modeling of the cobalt–gallium system, Intermetallics 13, 467-473 (2005). doi:10.1016/j.intermet.2004.08.003
  3. J. Gröbner, R. Wenzel, G. G. Fischer, R. Schmid-Fetzer, Thermodynamic calculation of the binary systems M-Ga and investigation of ternary M-Ga-N phase equilibria (M=Ni, Co, Pd, Cr), JPE 20, 615-625 (1999). doi:10.1361/105497199770340608