Fe–Sb system

80 accepted literature values from 3 paper(s) (experimental 54, model 13, unspecified 13); 3 calculated phase diagram(s). 21 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
experimental54
model13
unspecified13
Accepted values by property group
Property groupValues
invariant reaction59
phase transition14
phase equilibrium6
formation1

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
FeSb-08Boa.tdbD. Boa, S. Hassam, G. Kra, K.P. Kotchi, J. Rogez, Calphad, 32, 227-39(2008). doi:10.1016/j.calphad.2008.01.00167f3cb0310dccf1b94fb6bb81adf5611be79d7d462beeee220b56651c2d98a60viewer · TDB · JSON
FeSb-14Li.tdbC. Li, D. Zhu, Y. Zhang, Z. Du, C. Guo, J. Li, J.-C. Tedenac, Calphad, 47, 23-34(2014). doi:10.1016/j.calphad.2014.05.0058512f95ce9460d4950e93aeba402869f73b6e10a660930a7633464588d28e8bfviewer · TDB · JSON
FeSb-95Pei-LB.tdbB. Pei, B. Bjorkman, B. Sundman, B. Jansson, Calphad, 19, 1-15(1995). doi:10.1016/0364-5916(95)00001-U75ce69413b04b2fe92b8edc70c4cd62aa6f4b53b9036544b715d95bfd0721460viewer · TDB · JSON
Calculated three-phase invariants (model, mole fraction of the second component)
TDB fileT (K)Phases at the invariant
FeSb-08Boa.tdb1280.37BCC_A2 (x(Sb) 0.0532) + LIQUID (x(Sb) 0.33236) + FESB_B81 (x(Sb) 0.4032)
FeSb-08Boa.tdb1020.29FESB_B81 (x(Sb) 0.48286) + FESB2_C18 (x(Sb) 0.66667) + LIQUID (x(Sb) 0.89819)
FeSb-08Boa.tdb897.68FESB2_C18 (x(Sb) 0.66667) + LIQUID (x(Sb) 0.98125) + RHOMBOHEDRAL_A7 (x(Sb) 1)
FeSb-08Boa.tdb897.68FESB2_C18 (x(Sb) 0.66667) + LIQUID (x(Sb) 0.98151) + RHOMBOHEDRAL_A7 (x(Sb) 1)
FeSb-14Li.tdb1283.38BCC_A2 (x(Sb) 0.05903) + LIQUID (x(Sb) 0.32968) + FESB_B81 (x(Sb) 0.42164)
FeSb-14Li.tdb1021.34FESB_B81 (x(Sb) 0.49486) + FESB2_C18 (x(Sb) 0.66667) + LIQUID (x(Sb) 0.88054)
FeSb-14Li.tdb900.29FESB2_C18 (x(Sb) 0.66667) + LIQUID (x(Sb) 0.98904) + RHOMBOHEDRAL_A7 (x(Sb) 1)
FeSb-14Li.tdb900.29FESB2_C18 (x(Sb) 0.66667) + LIQUID (x(Sb) 0.98913) + RHOMBOHEDRAL_A7 (x(Sb) 1)
FeSb-95Pei-LB.tdb1271.52BCC_A2 (x(Sb) 0.05257) + LIQUID (x(Sb) 0.32514) + FESB_B81 (x(Sb) 0.40714)
FeSb-95Pei-LB.tdb1018.89FESB_B81 (x(Sb) 0.48452) + FESB2_C18 (x(Sb) 0.66667) + LIQUID (x(Sb) 0.89517)
FeSb-95Pei-LB.tdb897.75FESB2_C18 (x(Sb) 0.66667) + LIQUID (x(Sb) 0.98097) + RHOMBOHEDRAL_A7 (x(Sb) 1)
FeSb-95Pei-LB.tdb897.75FESB2_C18 (x(Sb) 0.66667) + LIQUID (x(Sb) 0.98123) + RHOMBOHEDRAL_A7 (x(Sb) 1)

Convex hulls: Materials Project DFT hull · OQMD DFT hull · CALPHAD hull FeSb-08Boa · CALPHAD hull FeSb-95Pei-LB

Invariant reactions (literature)

Invariant reactions reported in the literature for the Fe–Sb system (59)
T (K)Reaction / phasesCompositions (mole fraction)ClassSourceLocationQuote
1423polymorphic: γ(Fe) -> α(Fe)γ(Fe): Sb 0.0116; α(Fe): Sb 0.0168model[1] Li 2014Table 2, p. 3, row 6
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1423polymorphic: γ(Fe) -> α(Fe)γ(Fe): Sb 0.007; α(Fe): Sb 0.014experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Nageswararso 1974
Table 2, p. 3, row 2
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1423polymorphic: γ(Fe) -> α(Fe)α(Fe): Sb 0.021experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Jones 1934
Table 2, p. 3, row 1
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1423polymorphic: γ(Fe) -> α(Fe)γ(Fe): Sb 0.0093; α(Fe): Sb 0.0022experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Svechnikov 1938
Table 2, p. 3, row 3
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1423polymorphic: γ(Fe) -> α(Fe)γ(Fe): Sb 0.011; α(Fe): Sb 0.0168unspecified[1] Li 2014
cites Kubaschewski 1982
Table 2, p. 3, row 5
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1423polymorphic: γ(Fe) -> α(Fe)γ(Fe): Sb 0.0096; α(Fe): Sb 0.017experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Hillert 1967
Table 2, p. 3, row 4
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1303.39congruent melting: Liq -> β(FeSb)L: Sb 0.4289; β(FeSb): Sb 0.4289model[1] Li 2014Table 2, p. 3, row 22
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1298congruent melting: Liq -> β(FeSb)L: Sb 0.43; β(FeSb): Sb 0.43experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Richter 1997 doi
Table 2, p. 3, row 20
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1298congruent melting: Liq -> β(FeSb)L: Fe 0.5, Sb 0.5; β(FeSb): Fe 0.5, Sb 0.5experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Hagg 1929
Table 2, p. 3, row 21
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1293congruent melting: Liq -> β(FeSb)L: Sb 0.44; β(FeSb): Sb 0.44experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Vogel 1935
Table 2, p. 3, row 16
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1292congruent melting: Liq -> β(FeSb)L: Sb 0.42; β(FeSb): Sb 0.42experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Maier 1972
Table 2, p. 3, row 17
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1292congruent melting: Liq -> β(FeSb)L: Sb 0.42; β(FeSb): Sb 0.42unspecified[1] Li 2014
cites Kubaschewski 1982
Table 2, p. 3, row 18
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1287congruent melting: Liq -> β(FeSb)L: Sb 0.394; β(FeSb): Sb 0.394experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Kurnakow 1908 doi
Table 2, p. 3, row 15
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1283congruent melting: Liq -> β(FeSb)L: Sb 0.44; β(FeSb): Sb 0.44experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Feschotte 1989 doi
Table 2, p. 3, row 19
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1282.15eutectic: Liq = αFe + ε-FeSbLiq: Sb 0.33; αFe: Sb 0.09; ε-FeSb: Sb 0.4experimental[2] Boa 2008
cites Richter 1997 doi
Table 10, p. 9, row 5
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1282eutectic: Liq -> α(Fe) + β(FeSb)L: Sb 0.33; β(FeSb): Sb 0.44experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Richter 1997 doi
Table 2, p. 3, row 12
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1280.15eutectic: Liq -> α(Fe) + β(FeSb)experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Hagg 1929
Table 2, p. 3, row 13
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1280.15eutectic: Liq = αFe + ε-FeSbε-FeSb: Sb 0.5experimental[2] Boa 2008Table 10, p. 9, row 4
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1280.03eutectic: Liq -> α(Fe) + β(FeSb)L: Sb 0.3313; α(Fe): Sb 0.0594; β(FeSb): Sb 0.4212model[1] Li 2014Table 2, p. 3, row 14
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1280eutectic: Liq = αFe + ε-FeSbLiq: Sb 0.3323; αFe: Sb 0.0532; ε-FeSb: Sb 0.4032model[2] Boa 2008Table 10, p. 9, row 3
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1276eutectic: Liq -> α(Fe) + β(FeSb)L: Sb 0.34; α(Fe): Sb 0.09; β(FeSb): Sb 0.41experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Feschotte 1989 doi
Table 2, p. 3, row 11
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1275eutectic: Liq -> α(Fe) + β(FeSb)L: Sb 0.323; α(Fe): Sb 0.024; β(FeSb): Sb 0.354experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Kurnakow 1908 doi
Table 2, p. 3, row 7
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1271eutectic: L = α-Fe + ε-FeSbL: Sb 0.3252; α-Fe: Sb 0.0526; ε-FeSb: Sb 0.4072model[3] Pei 1995Table 3, p. 8, row 4
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1269eutectic: L = α-Fe + ε-FeSbL: Sb 0.346; α-Fe: Sb 0.05; ε-FeSb: Sb 0.4unspecified[3] Pei 1995
cites Massalski
Table 3, p. 8, row 6
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1269eutectic: Liq -> α(Fe) + β(FeSb)L: Sb 0.346; α(Fe): Sb 0.05; β(FeSb): Sb 0.39unspecified[1] Li 2014
cites Kubaschewski 1982
Table 2, p. 3, row 10
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1269eutectic: L = α-Fe + ε-FeSbL: Sb 0.346; α-Fe: Sb 0.05; ε-FeSb: Sb 0.39unspecified[3] Pei 1995
cites ref. 3
Table 3, p. 8, row 5
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1269eutectic: Liq -> α(Fe) + β(FeSb)L: Sb 0.346; α(Fe): Sb 0.154; β(FeSb): Sb 0.39experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Maier 1972
Table 2, p. 3, row 9
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1261eutectic: Liq -> α(Fe) + β(FeSb)L: Sb 0.382experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Geller 1939 doi
Table 2, p. 3, row 8
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1023.15peritectic: Liq + ε-FeSb = FeSb2Liq: Sb 0.9; ε-FeSb: Sb 0.481; FeSb2: Sb 0.6667experimental[2] Boa 2008
cites Richter 1997 doi
Table 10, p. 9, row 8
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1023peritectic: Liq + β(FeSb) -> ζ2FeSb2L: Sb 0.9; β(FeSb): Fe 0.5, Sb 0.5; ζ2FeSb2: Sb 0.667experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Richter 1997 doi
Table 2, p. 3, row 29
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1022.44peritectic: Liq + β(FeSb) -> ζ2FeSb2L: Sb 0.8743; β(FeSb): Sb 0.4937; ζ2FeSb2: Sb 0.6667model[1] Li 2014Table 2, p. 3, row 31
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1022.15peritectic: Liq + ε-FeSb = FeSb2ε-FeSb: Sb 0.5; FeSb2: Sb 0.6667experimental[2] Boa 2008Table 10, p. 9, row 7
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1022.15peritectic: Liq + β(FeSb) -> ζ2FeSb2β(FeSb): Fe 0.5, Sb 0.5; ζ2FeSb2: Sb 0.667experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Hagg 1929
Table 2, p. 3, row 30
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1020peritectic: Liq + ε-FeSb = FeSb2Liq: Sb 0.8982; ε-FeSb: Sb 0.4829; FeSb2: Sb 0.6667model[2] Boa 2008Table 10, p. 9, row 6
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1019peritectic: Liq + β(FeSb) -> ζ2FeSb2L: Sb 0.856; β(FeSb): Sb 0.49; ζ2FeSb2: Sb 0.667experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Feschotte 1989 doi
Table 2, p. 3, row 28
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1019peritectic: L + ε-FeSb = FeSb2L: Sb 0.8949; ε-FeSb: Sb 0.4845; FeSb2: Sb 0.6667model[3] Pei 1995Table 3, p. 8, row 7
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1018peritecticexperimental[1] Li 2014
cites Kjekshus 1977 doi
p. 2
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Refs. [31,39,40,45] identified and confirmed the existence of the intermediate phase ζ2FeSb2 and Refs. [34,46] measured its peritectic temperature at 1011 K and 1018 K, respectively.
1018peritectic: Liq + β(FeSb) -> ζ2FeSb2β(FeSb): Fe 0.5, Sb 0.5; ζ2FeSb2: Sb 0.667experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Kjekshus 1977 doi
Table 2, p. 3, row 27
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1011peritectic: L + ε-FeSb = FeSb2L: Sb 0.888; ε-FeSb: Sb 0.47; FeSb2: Sb 0.6667unspecified[3] Pei 1995
cites Massalski
Table 3, p. 8, row 9
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1011peritectic: L + ε-FeSb = FeSb2L: Sb 0.888; ε-FeSb: Sb 0.465; FeSb2: Sb 0.6667unspecified[3] Pei 1995
cites ref. 3
Table 3, p. 8, row 8
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1011peritectic: Liq + β(FeSb) -> ζ2FeSb2L: Sb 0.888; β(FeSb): Sb 0.487; ζ2FeSb2: Sb 0.667experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Maier 1972
Table 2, p. 3, row 25
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1011peritectic: Liq + β(FeSb) -> ζ2FeSb2L: Sb 0.888; β(FeSb): Fe 0.5, Sb 0.5; ζ2FeSb2: Sb 0.667unspecified[1] Li 2014
cites Kubaschewski 1982
Table 2, p. 3, row 26
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1011peritecticexperimental[1] Li 2014
cites Maier 1972
p. 2
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Refs. [31,39,40,45] identified and confirmed the existence of the intermediate phase ζ2FeSb2 and Refs. [34,46] measured its peritectic temperature at 1011 K and 1018 K, respectively.
1005peritectic: Liq + β(FeSb) -> ζ2FeSb2L: Sb 0.861; β(FeSb): Sb 0.394; ζ2FeSb2: Sb 0.667experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Kurnakow 1908 doi
Table 2, p. 3, row 23
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1003peritectic: Liq + β(FeSb) -> ζ2FeSb2L: Sb 0.861; β(FeSb): Fe 0.5, Sb 0.5; ζ2FeSb2: Sb 0.667experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Geller 1939 doi
Table 2, p. 3, row 24
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901eutectic: L = FeSb2 + α-SbL: Sb 0.992; FeSb2: Sb 0.6667; α-Sb: Sb 1unspecified[3] Pei 1995
cites Massalski
Table 3, p. 8, row 12
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901eutectic: Liq -> ζ2FeSb2 + SbL: Sb 0.968; ζ2FeSb2: Sb 0.667; Sb: Sb 1experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Kurnakow 1908 doi
Table 2, p. 3, row 32
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900.28eutectic: Liq -> ζ2FeSb2 + SbL: Sb 0.9891; ζ2FeSb2: Sb 0.6667; Sb: Sb 1model[1] Li 2014Table 2, p. 3, row 39
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898eutectic: Liq = FeSb2 + SbLiq: Sb 0.9815; FeSb2: Sb 0.6667; Sb: Sb 1model[2] Boa 2008Table 10, p. 9, row 9
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898eutectic: L = FeSb2 + α-SbL: Sb 0.9812; FeSb2: Sb 0.6667; α-Sb: Sb 1model[3] Pei 1995Table 3, p. 8, row 10
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897.15eutectic: Liq = FeSb2 + SbLiq: Sb 0.968; FeSb2: Sb 0.6667; Sb: Sb 1experimental[2] Boa 2008
cites Richter 1997 doi
Table 10, p. 9, row 11
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897.15eutectic: Liq = FeSb2 + SbFeSb2: Sb 0.6667; Sb: Sb 1experimental[2] Boa 2008Table 10, p. 9, row 10
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897eutectic: Liq -> ζ2FeSb2 + Sbζ2FeSb2: Sb 0.667experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Hagg 1929
Table 2, p. 3, row 38
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897eutectic: Liq -> ζ2FeSb2 + Sbζ2FeSb2: Sb 0.667; Sb: Sb 1experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Richter 1997 doi
Table 2, p. 3, row 37
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894eutectic: Liq -> ζ2FeSb2 + SbL: Sb 0.965; ζ2FeSb2: Sb 0.667; Sb: Sb 1experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Feschotte 1989 doi
Table 2, p. 3, row 36
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892eutectic: Liq -> ζ2FeSb2 + SbL: Sb 0.982; ζ2FeSb2: Sb 0.667; Sb: Sb 1experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Geller 1939 doi
Table 2, p. 3, row 33
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887eutectic: Liq -> ζ2FeSb2 + SbL: Sb 0.992; ζ2FeSb2: Sb 0.667; Sb: Sb 1unspecified[1] Li 2014
cites Kubaschewski 1982
Table 2, p. 3, row 35
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887eutectic: L = FeSb2 + α-SbL: Sb 0.992; FeSb2: Sb 0.6667; α-Sb: Sb 1unspecified[3] Pei 1995
cites ref. 3
Table 3, p. 8, row 11
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887eutectic: Liq -> ζ2FeSb2 + SbL: Sb 0.992; ζ2FeSb2: Sb 0.667; Sb: Sb 1experimental[1] Li 2014
cites Maier 1972
Table 2, p. 3, row 34
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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, Fe–Sb system (1)
PhaseCompoundValueT (K)ClassMP DFT (kJ/mol-atom)OQMD DFT (kJ/mol-atom)SourceLocationQuote
FeSb2.999 unspecified ± 1.3851068experimental[2] Boa 2008
cites Predel 1978 doi
p. 4
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Predel and Vogelbein [41] used solution calorimetry at 1068 K and determined the enthalpies of formation of the ε-FeSb phase at 45 at.% Sb and at 43 at.% Sb to be about (2.999 ± 1.385) and -(0.044 ± 1.234) kJ/g atom, respectively.

Other properties

Phase transition (14)

Phase transition, Fe–Sb system
PropertyValueT (K)Phases / compositionClassSourceLocationQuote
Phase transition897.15 K897.15eutectic: L = FeSb2 + Sb (e2)
alloy: Fe 0.33, Sb 0.67
experimental[2] Boa 2008Table 2, p. 3, row 9
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Phase transition897.15 K897.15eutectic: L = FeSb2 + Sb(e2)
alloy: Fe 0.3, Sb 0.7
experimental[2] Boa 2008
cites Richter 1997 doi
Table 2, p. 3, row 12
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Phase transition1022.15 K1022.15peritectic: L + ε-FeSb = FeSb2(p1)
alloy: Fe 0.33, Sb 0.67
experimental[2] Boa 2008Table 2, p. 3, row 10
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Phase transition1022.15 K1022.15peritectic: L + ε-FeSb = FeSb2(p1)
alloy: Fe 0.3, Sb 0.7
experimental[2] Boa 2008
cites Richter 1997 doi
Table 2, p. 3, row 13
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Phase transition1038 K1038magneticexperimental[3] Pei 1995
cites Maier 1972
p. 4
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Tc of aFe + s-FeSb two phase region is 1038 K [20].
Phase transition1279.15 K1279.15other: L = ε-FeSb (solidus)
alloy: Fe 0.55, Sb 0.45
experimental[2] Boa 2008
cites Richter 1997 doi
Table 2, p. 3, row 6
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Phase transition1280.15 K1280.15eutectic: L = ε-FeSb + αFe(e1)
alloy: Fe 0.65, Sb 0.35
experimental[2] Boa 2008Table 2, p. 3, row 1
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Phase transition1282.15 K1282.15other: L = ε-FeSb (solidus)
alloy: Fe 0.55, Sb 0.45
experimental[2] Boa 2008Table 2, p. 3, row 5
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Phase transition1283.15 K1283.15eutectic: L = ε-FeSb + αFe(e1)
alloy: Fe 0.65, Sb 0.35
experimental[2] Boa 2008
cites Richter 1997 doi
Table 2, p. 3, row 2
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Phase transition1290 K1290congruent melting: ε-FeSb = L
ε-FeSb: Sb 0.4258; L: Sb 0.4258
model[3] Pei 1995Table 3, p. 8, row 1
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Phase transition1291 K1291congruent melting: ε-FeSb = Liq
ε-FeSb: Sb 0.4168; Liq: Sb 0.4168
model[2] Boa 2008Table 10, p. 9, row 1
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Phase transition1292 K1292congruent melting: ε-FeSb = L
ε-FeSb: Sb 0.42; L: Sb 0.42
unspecified[3] Pei 1995
cites Massalski
Table 3, p. 8, row 3
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Phase transition1292 K1292congruent melting: ε-FeSb = L
ε-FeSb: Sb 0.42; L: Sb 0.42
unspecified[3] Pei 1995
cites ref. 3
Table 3, p. 8, row 2
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Phase transition1298.15 K1298.15congruent melting: ε-FeSb = Liq
ε-FeSb: Sb 0.43; Liq: Sb 0.43
experimental[2] Boa 2008
cites Richter 1997 doi
Table 10, p. 9, row 2
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Phase equilibrium (6)

Phase equilibrium, Fe–Sb system
PropertyValueT (K)Phases / compositionClassSourceLocationQuote
Phase composition1204.15other: L = ε-FeSb (liquidus)
liquid: Fe 0.3, Sb 0.7
experimental[2] Boa 2008
cites Richter 1997 doi
Table 2, p. 3, row 14
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Phase composition1222.15other: L = ε-FeSb (liquidus)
liquid: Fe 0.33, Sb 0.67
experimental[2] Boa 2008Table 2, p. 3, row 11
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Phase composition1293.15other: L = ε-FeSb (liquidus)
liquid: Fe 0.65, Sb 0.35
experimental[2] Boa 2008Table 2, p. 3, row 3
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Phase composition1295.15other: L = ε-FeSb (liquidus)
liquid: Fe 0.65, Sb 0.35
experimental[2] Boa 2008
cites Richter 1997 doi
Table 2, p. 3, row 4
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Phase composition1307.15other: L = ε-FeSb (liquidus)
liquid: Fe 0.55, Sb 0.45
experimental[2] Boa 2008
cites Richter 1997 doi
Table 2, p. 3, row 8
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Phase composition1309.15other: L = ε-FeSb (liquidus)
liquid: Fe 0.55, Sb 0.45
experimental[2] Boa 2008Table 2, p. 3, row 7
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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. Changrong Li, Daiman Zhu, Yubi Zhang, Zhenmin Du, Cuiping Guo, Junqin Li et al., Thermodynamic assessment of the Co–Fe–Sb system, Calphad 47, 23-34 (2014). doi:10.1016/j.calphad.2014.05.005
  2. D. Boa, S. Hassam, G. Kra, K.P. Kotchi, J. Rogez, The ternary bismuth–iron–antimony system: Experimental phase diagram study and thermodynamic evaluation, Calphad 32, 227-239 (2008). doi:10.1016/j.calphad.2008.01.001
  3. Benyan Pei, Bo Björkman, Bo Sundman, Bo Jansson, A thermodynamic assessment of the iron — Antimony system, Calphad 19, 1-15 (1995). doi:10.1016/0364-5916(95)00001-u