Gd–Te system

15 accepted literature values from 1 paper(s) (experimental 9, DFT 2, unspecified 4); 1 calculated phase diagram(s). 1 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	9
DFT	2
unspecified	4

Accepted values by property group
Property group	Values
phase transition	1
crystal structure	14

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
GdTe-23Cui.tdb	D. Cui, J. Wang, J. Zhou, J. Phase Equilib. Diffus., 44, 456-67(2023). doi:10.1007/s11669-023-01051-1	`4411ddc5ee70cff710f6d7475486a10f34ddb965d8c793ff94536d845d328236`	viewer · TDB · JSON

Calculated three-phase invariants (model, mole fraction of the second component)
TDB file	T (K)	Phases at the invariant
GdTe-23Cui.tdb	1547.87	BCC_A2 (x(Te) 0) + LIQUID (x(Te) 0.01014) + GDTE_B1 (x(Te) 0.5)
GdTe-23Cui.tdb	1541.18	GDTE_B1 (x(Te) 0.5) + GD2TE3 (x(Te) 0.57933) + LIQUID (x(Te) 0.69871)
GdTe-23Cui.tdb	1541.18	GDTE_B1 (x(Te) 0.5) + GD2TE3 (x(Te) 0.57929) + LIQUID (x(Te) 0.6984)
GdTe-23Cui.tdb	1508.16	BCC_A2 (x(Te) 0) + HCP_A3 (x(Te) 0) + GDTE_B1 (x(Te) 0.5)
GdTe-23Cui.tdb	1445.07	GD2TE3 (x(Te) 0.59113) + GD4TE7 (x(Te) 0.63636) + LIQUID (x(Te) 0.80438)
GdTe-23Cui.tdb	1445.07	GD2TE3 (x(Te) 0.59115) + GD4TE7 (x(Te) 0.63636) + LIQUID (x(Te) 0.80464)
GdTe-23Cui.tdb	1271.99	GD4TE7 (x(Te) 0.63636) + GDTE2 (x(Te) 0.66667) + LIQUID (x(Te) 0.89701)
GdTe-23Cui.tdb	1271.99	GD4TE7 (x(Te) 0.63636) + GDTE2 (x(Te) 0.66667) + LIQUID (x(Te) 0.89702)
GdTe-23Cui.tdb	1271.99	GD4TE7 (x(Te) 0.63636) + GDTE2 (x(Te) 0.66667) + LIQUID (x(Te) 0.89696)
GdTe-23Cui.tdb	1191.68	GDTE2 (x(Te) 0.66667) + GD2TE5 (x(Te) 0.71429) + LIQUID (x(Te) 0.91943)
GdTe-23Cui.tdb	1191.68	GDTE2 (x(Te) 0.66667) + GD2TE5 (x(Te) 0.71429) + LIQUID (x(Te) 0.91946)
GdTe-23Cui.tdb	1191.68	GDTE2 (x(Te) 0.66667) + GD2TE5 (x(Te) 0.71429) + LIQUID (x(Te) 0.91935)
GdTe-23Cui.tdb	1104.88	GD2TE5 (x(Te) 0.71429) + GDTE3 (x(Te) 0.75) + LIQUID (x(Te) 0.94016)
GdTe-23Cui.tdb	1104.88	GD2TE5 (x(Te) 0.71429) + GDTE3 (x(Te) 0.75) + LIQUID (x(Te) 0.94009)
GdTe-23Cui.tdb	1104.88	GD2TE5 (x(Te) 0.71429) + GDTE3 (x(Te) 0.75) + LIQUID (x(Te) 0.94022)
GdTe-23Cui.tdb	718.55	GDTE3 (x(Te) 0.75) + LIQUID (x(Te) 0.99294) + HEXAGONAL_A8 (x(Te) 1)
GdTe-23Cui.tdb	718.55	GDTE3 (x(Te) 0.75) + LIQUID (x(Te) 0.99305) + HEXAGONAL_A8 (x(Te) 1)
GdTe-23Cui.tdb	718.55	GDTE3 (x(Te) 0.75) + LIQUID (x(Te) 0.99307) + HEXAGONAL_A8 (x(Te) 1)

Convex hulls: Materials Project DFT hull · OQMD DFT hull

Other properties

Phase transition (1)

Phase transition, Gd–Te system
Property	Value	T (K)	Phases / composition	Class	Source	Location	Quote
Phase transition	2098 K	2098	congruent transformation	experimental	[1] Cui 2023 cites Abrikosov 1967	p. 2 report	GdTe has the highest melting point and congruently melts at 2098 K.

Crystal structure (14)

Crystal structure, Gd–Te system
Property	Value	T (K)	Phases / composition	Class	Source	Location
Lattice a	12.01 Å	298.15	Gd2Te3 alloy: Gd 0.4, Te 0.6	unspecified	[1] Cui 2023 cites Swinnea 1987 doi	Table 1, p. 2, row 8 report
Lattice a	4.34 Å	298.15	Gd2Te5 alloy: Gd 0.285714, Te 0.714286	experimental	[1] Cui 2023 cites Pardo 1967	Table 1, p. 2, row 11 report
Lattice a	6.12 Å	298.15	Gd4Te7 alloy: Gd 0.363636, Te 0.636364	unspecified	[1] Cui 2023 cites Gd-Te 2012	Table 1, p. 2, row 9 report
Lattice a	4.32 Å	298.15	GdTe alloy: Gd 0.5, Te 0.5	DFT	[1] Cui 2023 cites Beckenbaugh 2023	Table 1, p. 2, row 7 report
Lattice a	4.32 Å	298.15	GdTe2 alloy: Gd 0.333333, Te 0.666667	experimental	[1] Cui 2023 cites Niihara 1972 doi	Table 1, p. 2, row 10 report
Lattice a	4.32 Å	298.15	GdTe3 alloy: Gd 0.25, Te 0.75	experimental	[1] Cui 2023 cites Pardo 1967	Table 1, p. 2, row 12 report
Lattice b	4.301 Å	298.15	Gd2Te3 alloy: Gd 0.4, Te 0.6	unspecified	[1] Cui 2023 cites Swinnea 1987 doi	Table 1, p. 2, row 8 report
Lattice b	43.6 Å	298.15	Gd2Te5 alloy: Gd 0.285714, Te 0.714286	experimental	[1] Cui 2023 cites Pardo 1967	Table 1, p. 2, row 11 report
Lattice b	25.28 Å	298.15	GdTe3 alloy: Gd 0.25, Te 0.75	experimental	[1] Cui 2023 cites Pardo 1967	Table 1, p. 2, row 12 report
Lattice c	11.82 Å	298.15	Gd2Te3 alloy: Gd 0.4, Te 0.6	unspecified	[1] Cui 2023 cites Swinnea 1987 doi	Table 1, p. 2, row 8 report
Lattice c	4.34 Å	298.15	Gd2Te5 alloy: Gd 0.285714, Te 0.714286	experimental	[1] Cui 2023 cites Pardo 1967	Table 1, p. 2, row 11 report
Lattice c	8.9 Å	298.15	GdTe alloy: Gd 0.5, Te 0.5	DFT	[1] Cui 2023 cites Beckenbaugh 2023	Table 1, p. 2, row 7 report
Lattice c	8.95 Å	298.15	GdTe2 alloy: Gd 0.333333, Te 0.666667	experimental	[1] Cui 2023 cites Niihara 1972 doi	Table 1, p. 2, row 10 report
Lattice c	4.33 Å	298.15	GdTe3 alloy: Gd 0.25, Te 0.75	experimental	[1] Cui 2023 cites Pardo 1967	Table 1, p. 2, row 12 report

Sources

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

Dongyu Cui, Jiong Wang, Jiaqiang Zhou, Thermodynamic Modeling of the Te-X (X = Gd, Dy, Ho) Binary Systems Combined with the First-Principles Method, J. Phase Equilib. Diffus. 44, 456-467 (2023). doi:10.1007/s11669-023-01051-1

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}
}