Ni–Yb system

132 accepted literature values from 2 paper(s) (experimental 56, model 60, DFT 16); 2 calculated phase diagram(s). 9 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	56
model	60
DFT	16

Accepted values by property group
Property group	Values
invariant reaction	46
phase transition	6
formation	49
heat capacity / entropy / enthalpy	9
crystal structure	22

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
NiYb-16Kar.tdb	S. Kardellass, C. Servant, N. Selhaoui, J. Thermal Anal. Calorim., 125, 255-69(2016). doi:10.1007/s10973-016-5380-3	`c5f8035b87babb1b868ece8f6f92185e894fd29ea9199a322bb65b15c1ac99f4`	viewer · TDB · JSON
NiYb-17Hu.tdb	Y.-J. Hu, Y. Wang, S.A. Firdosy, K.E. Star, J.-P. Fleurial, V.A. Ravi, Z.-K. Liu, Calphad, 59, 207-17(2017). doi:10.1016/j.calphad.2017.09.004	`66e6f1063dad51963f68709a43bd4c7ce703ef5d1702531caaf7632a4c11f84f`	viewer · TDB · JSON

Calculated three-phase invariants (model, mole fraction of the second component)
TDB file	T (K)	Phases at the invariant
NiYb-16Kar.tdb	1488.41	LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.10151) + NI17YB2 (x(Yb) 0.10526) + NI5YB_D2D (x(Yb) 0.16667)
NiYb-16Kar.tdb	1488.41	LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.10154) + NI17YB2 (x(Yb) 0.10526) + NI5YB_D2D (x(Yb) 0.16667)
NiYb-16Kar.tdb	1488.41	LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.1014) + NI17YB2 (x(Yb) 0.10526) + NI5YB_D2D (x(Yb) 0.16667)
NiYb-16Kar.tdb	1458.56	FCC_A1 (x(Yb) 0) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.07118) + NI17YB2 (x(Yb) 0.10526)
NiYb-16Kar.tdb	1458.56	FCC_A1 (x(Yb) 0) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.07117) + NI17YB2 (x(Yb) 0.10526)
NiYb-16Kar.tdb	1458.55	FCC_A1 (x(Yb) 0) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.0713) + NI17YB2 (x(Yb) 0.10526)
NiYb-16Kar.tdb	1458.55	FCC_A1 (x(Yb) 0) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.07127) + NI17YB2 (x(Yb) 0.10526)
NiYb-16Kar.tdb	1406.87	NI5YB_D2D (x(Yb) 0.16667) + NI3YB (x(Yb) 0.25) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.30276)
NiYb-16Kar.tdb	1406.87	NI5YB_D2D (x(Yb) 0.16667) + NI3YB (x(Yb) 0.25) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.30249)
NiYb-16Kar.tdb	1330.53	NI3YB (x(Yb) 0.25) + NI2YB_C15 (x(Yb) 0.33333) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.40551)
NiYb-16Kar.tdb	1330.53	NI3YB (x(Yb) 0.25) + NI2YB_C15 (x(Yb) 0.33333) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.40508)
NiYb-16Kar.tdb	1330.53	NI3YB (x(Yb) 0.25) + NI2YB_C15 (x(Yb) 0.33333) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.40587)
NiYb-16Kar.tdb	1303.41	NI2YB_C15 (x(Yb) 0.33333) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.48307) + NIYB_B27 (x(Yb) 0.5)
NiYb-16Kar.tdb	1303.41	NI2YB_C15 (x(Yb) 0.33333) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.48343) + NIYB_B27 (x(Yb) 0.5)
NiYb-16Kar.tdb	1303.41	NI2YB_C15 (x(Yb) 0.33333) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.48344) + NIYB_B27 (x(Yb) 0.5)
NiYb-16Kar.tdb	1303.37	NIYB_B27 (x(Yb) 0.5) + LIQUID#2 (x(Yb) 0.52222) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.87329)
NiYb-16Kar.tdb	1078.9	NIYB_B27 (x(Yb) 0.5) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.98473) + BCC_A2 (x(Yb) 0.9999)
NiYb-16Kar.tdb	1032.69	NIYB_B27 (x(Yb) 0.5) + BCC_A2 (x(Yb) 0.99994) + FCC_A1 (x(Yb) 1)
NiYb-17Hu.tdb	1563.88	NI5YB_D2D (x(Yb) 0.16667) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.19153) + NI3YB (x(Yb) 0.25)
NiYb-17Hu.tdb	1526.76	NI3YB (x(Yb) 0.25) + NI2YB_C15 (x(Yb) 0.33333) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.36014)
NiYb-17Hu.tdb	1519.17	LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.09736) + NI17YB2 (x(Yb) 0.10526) + NI5YB_D2D (x(Yb) 0.16667)
NiYb-17Hu.tdb	1509.96	FCC_A1 (x(Yb) 2.000e-5) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.08043) + NI17YB2 (x(Yb) 0.10526)
NiYb-17Hu.tdb	1295.25	NIYB_HT (x(Yb) 0.5) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.54909) + LIQUID#2 (x(Yb) 0.91754)
NiYb-17Hu.tdb	1277.7	NIYB_B27 (x(Yb) 0.5) + NIYB_HT (x(Yb) 0.5) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.92734)
NiYb-17Hu.tdb	1276.98	NI2YB_C15 (x(Yb) 0.33333) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.45727) + NIYB_B27 (x(Yb) 0.5)
NiYb-17Hu.tdb	1083.7	NIYB_B27 (x(Yb) 0.5) + LIQUID (x(Yb) 0.98936) + BCC_A2 (x(Yb) 0.99979)
NiYb-17Hu.tdb	1033.55	NIYB_B27 (x(Yb) 0.5) + FCC_A1 (x(Yb) 0.99976) + BCC_A2 (x(Yb) 0.99986)

Convex hulls: OQMD DFT hull · CALPHAD hull NiYb-16Kar

Invariant reactions (literature)

Invariant reactions reported in the literature for the Ni–Yb system (46)
T (K)	Reaction / phases	Compositions (mole fraction)	Class	Source	Location
1583.15	congruent melting: Liq -> Ni3Yb	L: Yb 0.25; Ni3Yb: Ni 0.75, Yb 0.25; Liq: Yb 0.25	experimental	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Palenzona 1973 doi	Table 5, p. 9, row 13 report
1573.15	congruent melting: Liq -> Ni5Yb	L: Yb 0.166; Ni5Yb: Ni 0.833333, Yb 0.166667; Liq: Yb 0.166	model	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Berezutskii 2014 doi	Table 5, p. 9, row 8 report
1568.15	peritectic: Liq + Ni3Yb -> Ni5Yb	L: Yb 0.152; Ni3Yb: Ni 0.75, Yb 0.25; Ni5Yb: Ni 0.833333, Yb 0.166667; Liq: Yb 0.152	experimental	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Palenzona 1973 doi	Table 5, p. 9, row 10 report
1568	peritectic: Liq + YbNi3 -> YbNi5	YbNi3: Yb 0.25; YbNi5: Yb 0.166667	experimental	[2] Hu 2017 cites Palenzona 1973 doi	Table 2, p. 24, row 9 report
1568	eutectic: Liq -> YbNi3 + YbNi5	L: Yb 0.209; YbNi3: Yb 0.25; YbNi5: Yb 0.166667	model	[2] Hu 2017 cites Zhu 2016 doi	Table 2, p. 24, row 10 report
1566	eutectic: Liq -> YbNi3 + YbNi5	L: Yb 0.184; YbNi3: Yb 0.25; YbNi5: Yb 0.166667	model	[2] Hu 2017	Table 2, p. 24, row 11 report
1550.15	congruent melting: Liq -> Ni5Yb	L: Yb 0.167; Ni5Yb: Ni 0.833333, Yb 0.166667; Liq: Yb 0.167	model	[1] Kardellass 2016	Table 5, p. 9, row 9 report
1528.15	Liq + Ni3Yb -> Ni2Yb	Ni3Yb: Ni 0.75, Yb 0.25; Ni2Yb: Ni 0.666667, Yb 0.333333	experimental	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Palenzona 1973 doi	Table 5, p. 9, row 16 report
1528	peritectic: Liq + YbNi3 -> YbNi2	L: Yb 0.343; YbNi3: Yb 0.25; YbNi2: Yb 0.333333	model	[2] Hu 2017 cites Zhu 2016 doi	Table 2, p. 24, row 17 report
1528	peritectic: Liq + YbNi3 -> YbNi2	YbNi3: Yb 0.25; YbNi2: Yb 0.333333	experimental	[2] Hu 2017 cites Palenzona 1973 doi	Table 2, p. 24, row 15 report
1525	peritectic: Liq + YbNi3 -> YbNi2	L: Yb 0.364; YbNi3: Yb 0.25; YbNi2: Yb 0.333333	model	[2] Hu 2017	Table 2, p. 24, row 18 report
1522.15	monotectic: Top of the monotectic domain	L: Yb 0.675; Liq: Yb 0.675	model	[1] Kardellass 2016	Table 5, p. 9, row 32 report
1519	peritectic: Liq + YbNi5 -> Yb2Ni17	L: Yb 0.097; YbNi5: Yb 0.166667; Yb2Ni17: Yb 0.105263	model	[2] Hu 2017	Table 2, p. 24, row 8 report
1518.15	peritectic: Liq + Ni5Yb -> Ni17Yb2	L: Yb 0.085; Ni5Yb: Ni 0.833333, Yb 0.166667; Ni17Yb2: Ni 0.894737, Yb 0.105263; Liq: Yb 0.085	experimental	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Palenzona 1973 doi	Table 5, p. 9, row 4 report
1518.15	peritectic: Liq + Ni5Yb -> Ni17Yb2	L: Yb 0.105; Ni5Yb: Ni 0.833333, Yb 0.166667; Ni17Yb2: Ni 0.894737, Yb 0.105263; Liq: Yb 0.105	model	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Berezutskii 2014 doi	Table 5, p. 9, row 5 report
1518	peritectic: Liq + YbNi5 -> Yb2Ni17	YbNi5: Yb 0.166667; Yb2Ni17: Yb 0.105263	experimental	[2] Hu 2017 cites Palenzona 1973 doi	Table 2, p. 24, row 5 report
1518	peritectic: Liq + YbNi5 -> Yb2Ni17	L: Yb 0.104; YbNi5: Yb 0.166667; Yb2Ni17: Yb 0.105263	model	[2] Hu 2017 cites Zhu 2016 doi	Table 2, p. 24, row 7 report
1510	eutectic: Liq -> fcc_Ni+ Yb2Ni17	L: Yb 0.085; Yb2Ni17: Yb 0.105263	model	[2] Hu 2017 cites Zhu 2016 doi	Table 2, p. 24, row 3 report
1510	eutectic: Liq -> fcc_Ni+ Yb2Ni17	L: Yb 0.081; Yb2Ni17: Yb 0.105263	model	[2] Hu 2017	Table 2, p. 24, row 4 report
1503.15	eutectic: Liq -> fcc_A1 + Ni17Yb2	L: Yb 0.08; Ni17Yb2: Ni 0.894737, Yb 0.105263; Liq: Yb 0.08	experimental	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Palenzona 1973 doi	Table 5, p. 9, row 1 report
1503.15	monotectic: Top of the monotectic domain	L: Yb 0.75; Liq: Yb 0.75	model	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Berezutskii 2014 doi	Table 5, p. 9, row 31 report
1503	eutectic: Liq -> fcc_Ni+ Yb2Ni17	L: Yb 0.075; Yb2Ni17: Yb 0.105263	experimental	[2] Hu 2017 cites Palenzona 1973 doi	Table 2, p. 24, row 1 report
1495.15	eutectic: Liq -> fcc_A1 + Ni17Yb2	L: Yb 0.073; Ni17Yb2: Ni 0.894737, Yb 0.105263; Liq: Yb 0.073	model	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Berezutskii 2014 doi	Table 5, p. 9, row 2 report
1488.15	peritectic: Liq + Ni5Yb -> Ni17Yb2	L: Yb 0.107; Ni5Yb: Ni 0.833333, Yb 0.166667; Ni17Yb2: Ni 0.894737, Yb 0.105263; Liq: Yb 0.107	model	[1] Kardellass 2016	Table 5, p. 9, row 6 report
1488	peritectic: Liq + YbNi5 -> Yb2Ni17	L: Yb 0.107; YbNi5: Yb 0.166667; Yb2Ni17: Yb 0.105263	model	[2] Hu 2017 cites Kardellass 2016 doi	Table 2, p. 24, row 6 report
1458.15	eutectic: Liq -> fcc_A1 + Ni17Yb2	L: Yb 0.072; Ni17Yb2: Ni 0.894737, Yb 0.105263; Liq: Yb 0.072	model	[1] Kardellass 2016	Table 5, p. 9, row 3 report
1458	eutectic: Liq -> fcc_Ni+ Yb2Ni17	L: Yb 0.072; Yb2Ni17: Yb 0.105263	model	[2] Hu 2017 cites Kardellass 2016 doi	Table 2, p. 24, row 2 report
1446.15	peritectic: Liq + Ni3Yb -> Ni5Yb	L: Yb 0.28; Ni3Yb: Ni 0.75, Yb 0.25; Ni5Yb: Ni 0.833333, Yb 0.166667; Liq: Yb 0.28	model	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Berezutskii 2014 doi	Table 5, p. 9, row 11 report
1413.15	peritectic: Liq + Ni3Yb -> Ni5Yb	L: Yb 0.205; Ni3Yb: Ni 0.75, Yb 0.25; Ni5Yb: Ni 0.833333, Yb 0.166667; Liq: Yb 0.205	model	[1] Kardellass 2016	Table 5, p. 9, row 12 report
1330.15	peritectic: Liq + Ni3Yb -> Ni2Yb	L: Yb 0.406; Ni3Yb: Ni 0.75, Yb 0.25; Ni2Yb: Ni 0.666667, Yb 0.333333; Liq: Yb 0.406	model	[1] Kardellass 2016	Table 5, p. 9, row 18 report
1330.15	peritectic: Liq + Ni3Yb -> Ni2Yb	L: Yb 0.436; Ni3Yb: Ni 0.75, Yb 0.25; Ni2Yb: Ni 0.666667, Yb 0.333333; Liq: Yb 0.436	model	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Berezutskii 2014 doi	Table 5, p. 9, row 17 report
1330	peritectic: Liq + YbNi3 -> YbNi2	L: Yb 0.406; YbNi3: Yb 0.25; YbNi2: Yb 0.333333	model	[2] Hu 2017 cites Kardellass 2016 doi	Table 2, p. 24, row 16 report
1308.15	congruent melting: Liq -> NiYb_HT	L: Yb 0.5; NiYb_HT: Ni 0.5, Yb 0.5; Liq: Yb 0.5	model	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Berezutskii 2014 doi	Table 5, p. 9, row 20 report
1308.15	congruent melting: Liq -> NiYb_HT	L: Yb 0.5; NiYb_HT: Ni 0.5, Yb 0.5; Liq: Yb 0.5	experimental	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Palenzona 1973 doi	Table 5, p. 9, row 19 report
1306.15	eutectic: Liq1# -> Liq2# + NiYb_LT	NiYb_LT: Ni 0.5, Yb 0.5; Liq1: Yb 0.536; Liq2: Yb 0.909	model	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Berezutskii 2014 doi	Table 5, p. 9, row 29 report
1303.65	polymorphic: NiYb_LT -> NiYb_HT	NiYb_LT: Yb 0.5; Liq: Yb 0.5	model	[1] Kardellass 2016	Table 5, p. 9, row 27 report
1303.15	eutectic: Ni2Yb + NiYb_LT -> Liq	Ni2Yb: Ni 0.666667, Yb 0.333333; NiYb_LT: Ni 0.5, Yb 0.5; L: Yb 0.482; Liq: Yb 0.482	model	[1] Kardellass 2016	Table 5, p. 9, row 24 report
1303.15	eutectic: Liq1# -> Liq2# + NiYb_LT	NiYb_LT: Ni 0.5, Yb 0.5; Liq1: Yb 0.527; Liq2: Yb 0.87	model	[1] Kardellass 2016	Table 5, p. 9, row 30 report
1298.15	eutectic: Liq1# -> Liq2# + NiYb_LT	NiYb_LT: Ni 0.5, Yb 0.5; Liq1: Yb 0.536; Liq2: Yb 0.909	experimental	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Palenzona 1973 doi	Table 5, p. 9, row 28 report
1277	eutectic: Liq -> YbNi2 + α-YbNi	L: Yb 0.457; YbNi2: Yb 0.333333; α-YbNi: Yb 0.5	model	[2] Hu 2017	Table 2, p. 24, row 20 report
1273.15	polymorphic: NiYb_LT -> NiYb_HT	NiYb_LT: Ni 0.5, Yb 0.5	experimental	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Palenzona 1973 doi	Table 5, p. 9, row 25 report
1263.15	eutectic: Ni2Yb + NiYb_LT -> Liq	Ni2Yb: Ni 0.666667, Yb 0.333333; NiYb_LT: Ni 0.5, Yb 0.5; L: Yb 0.455; Liq: Yb 0.455	experimental	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Palenzona 1973 doi	Table 5, p. 9, row 22 report
1263	eutectic: Liq -> YbNi2 + α-YbNi	L: Yb 0.455; YbNi2: Yb 0.333333; α-YbNi: Yb 0.5	experimental	[2] Hu 2017 cites Palenzona 1973 doi	Table 2, p. 24, row 19 report
1080.15	eutectic: Liq -> NiYb_LT + fcc_A1	L: Yb 0.986; NiYb_LT: Ni 0.5, Yb 0.5; Liq: Yb 0.986	model	[1] Kardellass 2016	Table 5, p. 9, row 35 report
1078.15	eutectic: Liq -> NiYb_LT + fcc_A1	L: Yb 0.981; NiYb_LT: Ni 0.5, Yb 0.5; Liq: Yb 0.981	model	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Berezutskii 2014 doi	Table 5, p. 9, row 34 report
1067.15	eutectic: Liq -> NiYb_LT + fcc_A1	L: Yb 0.98; NiYb_LT: Ni 0.5, Yb 0.5; Liq: Yb 0.98	experimental	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Palenzona 1973 doi	Table 5, p. 9, row 33 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, Ni–Yb system (40)
Phase	Compound	Value	T (K)	Class	OQMD DFT (kJ/mol-atom)	Source	Location	Quote
Ni17Yb2	Ni17Yb2	-17 kJ/mol-atom ± 0.1	990	experimental	-12.478 (oqmd-30879)	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Di 2002 doi	Table 2, p. 5, row 5 report
Ni17Yb2	Ni17Yb2	-14.8 kJ/mol-atom	298.15	experimental	-12.478 (oqmd-30879)	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Berezutskii 2014 doi	Table 2, p. 5, row 4 report
Ni17Yb2	Ni17Yb2	-13.9 kJ/mol-atom ± 0.3	298.15	experimental	-12.478 (oqmd-30879)	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Brutti 2002 doi	Table 2, p. 5, row 2 report
Ni17Yb2	Ni17Yb2	-13.15 kJ/mol-atom	298.15	model	-12.478 (oqmd-30879)	[1] Kardellass 2016	Table 2, p. 5, row 3 report
Ni17Yb2	Ni17Yb2	-13.15 kJ/mol-atom	298.15	model	-12.478 (oqmd-30879)	[1] Kardellass 2016	Table 4, p. 7, row 1 report
Ni17Yb2	Ni17Yb2	-12.7 kJ/mol-atom	298.15	model	-12.478 (oqmd-30879)	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites De 1988	Table 2, p. 5, row 1 report
Ni2Yb	Ni2Yb	-33.6 kJ/mol-atom	298.15	model	-38.261 (oqmd-17857)	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites De 1988	Table 2, p. 5, row 15 report
Ni2Yb	Ni2Yb	-32 kJ/mol-atom ± 4.6	298.15	experimental	-38.261 (oqmd-17857)	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Brutti 2002 doi	Table 2, p. 5, row 17 report
Ni2Yb	Ni2Yb	-30 kJ/mol-atom	298.15	experimental	-38.261 (oqmd-17857)	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Brutti 2002 doi	Table 2, p. 5, row 16 report
Ni2Yb	Ni2Yb	-23.3 kJ/mol-atom	298.15	experimental	-38.261 (oqmd-17857)	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Berezutskii 2014 doi	Table 2, p. 5, row 19 report
Ni2Yb	Ni2Yb	-22.7 kJ/mol-atom	298.15	model	-38.261 (oqmd-17857)	[1] Kardellass 2016	Table 4, p. 7, row 8 report
Ni2Yb	Ni2Yb	-22.07 kJ/mol-atom	298.15	model	-38.261 (oqmd-17857)	[1] Kardellass 2016	Table 2, p. 5, row 18 report
Ni3Yb	Ni3Yb	-28.8 kJ/mol-atom	298.15	model	-31.135 (oqmd-30878)	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites De 1988	Table 2, p. 5, row 11 report
Ni3Yb	Ni3Yb	-26 kJ/mol-atom ± 4.8	298.15	experimental	-31.135 (oqmd-30878)	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Brutti 2002 doi	Table 2, p. 5, row 12 report
Ni3Yb	Ni3Yb	-24.8 kJ/mol-atom	298.15	experimental	-31.135 (oqmd-30878)	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Berezutskii 2014 doi	Table 2, p. 5, row 14 report
Ni3Yb	Ni3Yb	-23.42 kJ/mol-atom	298.15	model	-31.135 (oqmd-30878)	[1] Kardellass 2016	Table 2, p. 5, row 13 report
Ni5Yb	Ni5Yb	-22 kJ/mol-atom	298.15	experimental	-21.239 (oqmd-17858)	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Berezutskii 2014 doi	Table 2, p. 5, row 10 report
Ni5Yb	Ni5Yb	-20.9 kJ/mol-atom ± 4.4	298.15	experimental	-21.239 (oqmd-17858)	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Brutti 2002 doi	Table 2, p. 5, row 8 report
Ni5Yb	Ni5Yb	-20.47 kJ/mol-atom	298.15	model	-21.239 (oqmd-17858)	[1] Kardellass 2016	Table 2, p. 5, row 9 report
Ni5Yb	Ni5Yb	-20.47 kJ/mol-atom	298.15	model	-21.239 (oqmd-17858)	[1] Kardellass 2016	Table 4, p. 7, row 4 report
Ni5Yb	Ni5Yb	-20.2 kJ/mol-atom	298.15	model	-21.239 (oqmd-17858)	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites De 1988	Table 2, p. 5, row 6 report
Ni5Yb	Ni5Yb	-16.4 kJ/mol-atom	298.15	model	-21.239 (oqmd-17858)	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Bayanov 1973	Table 2, p. 5, row 7 report
NiYb	NiYb	-17.28 kJ/mol-atom	298.15	model	-27.289 (oqmd-30880)	[1] Kardellass 2016	Table 4, p. 7, row 12 report
NiYb_LT	NiYb	-28 kJ/mol-atom ± 2	298.15	experimental	-27.289 (oqmd-30880)	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Brutti 2002 doi	Table 2, p. 5, row 21 report
NiYb_LT	NiYb	-27.8 kJ/mol-atom	298.15	model	-27.289 (oqmd-30880)	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites De 1988	Table 2, p. 5, row 20 report
NiYb_LT	NiYb	-18.8 kJ/mol-atom	298.15	experimental	-27.289 (oqmd-30880)	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Berezutskii 2014 doi	Table 2, p. 5, row 23 report
NiYb_LT	NiYb	-17.28 kJ/mol-atom	298.15	model	-27.289 (oqmd-30880)	[1] Kardellass 2016	Table 2, p. 5, row 22 report
Yb2Ni17		-13.9 unknown ± 0.3	298.15	experimental		[2] Hu 2017 cites Buschow 1972 doi	Table 3, p. 26, row 9 report
Yb2Ni17		-12.4 kJ/mol-atom	0	DFT		[2] Hu 2017	Table 3, p. 26, row 12 report
Yb2Ni17		-12.4 unknown	0	DFT		[2] Hu 2017	Table 3, p. 26, row 12 report
YbNi2	Ni2Yb	-37.6 kJ/mol-atom	298.15	model	-38.261 (oqmd-17857)	[2] Hu 2017	p. 17 report	The enthalpy of formation of the YbNi2 phase at 298K is predicted to be -37.6 kJ/mol-atom, which is more negative than the experimental values reported by Brutti et al. [13], but very close to the lower bound of the measurement uncertainty.
YbNi3	Ni3Yb	-30 kJ/mol-atom	298.15	experimental	-31.135 (oqmd-30878)	[2] Hu 2017 cites Brutti 2002 doi	p. 17 report	Two preliminary DSC measurements on YbNi3 and YbNi2 have also been mentioned in the work by Brutti et al. [13], where the enthalpies of formation at 298K were reported to be around -30 to -32 kJ/mol-atom for YbNi3 and -30 kJ/mol-atom for YbNi2 tentatively, which slightly differ from their KE results.
YbNi3	Ni3Yb	-30 kJ/mol-atom	298.15	experimental	-31.135 (oqmd-30878)	[2] Hu 2017 cites Palenzona 1973 doi	Table 3, p. 26, row 19 report
YbNi3		-30 unknown	298.15	experimental		[2] Hu 2017 cites Palenzona 1973 doi	Table 3, p. 26, row 19 report
YbNi3		-26 unknown ± 4.8	298.15	experimental		[2] Hu 2017 cites Buschow 1972 doi	Table 3, p. 26, row 18 report
YbNi5		-20.9 kJ/mol-atom	0	DFT		[2] Hu 2017	Table 3, p. 26, row 16 report
YbNi5		-20.9 unknown	0	DFT		[2] Hu 2017	Table 3, p. 26, row 16 report
YbNi5		-20.9 unknown ± 4.4	298.15	experimental		[2] Hu 2017 cites Buschow 1972 doi	Table 3, p. 26, row 13 report
α-YbNi		-28 unspecified ± 2	298.15	experimental		[2] Hu 2017 cites Brutti 2002 doi	p. 17 report	Based on Eq. 16, the enthalpy of formation of the α-YbNi phase at 298K is calculated to be -27.2 kJ/mol-atom, a value which agrees well with the recent experimental results from DSC measurements (-28±2.0 kJ/molatom) by Brutti et al. [13].
α-YbNi	NiYb	-27.2 kJ/mol-atom	298.15	model	-27.289 (oqmd-30880)	[2] Hu 2017	p. 17 report	Based on Eq. 16, the enthalpy of formation of the α-YbNi phase at 298K is calculated to be -27.2 kJ/mol-atom, a value which agrees well with the recent experimental results from DSC measurements (-28±2.0 kJ/molatom) by Brutti et al. [13].

Other properties

Phase transition (6)

Phase transition, Ni–Yb system
Property	Value	T (K)	Phases / composition	Class	Source	Location	Quote
Phase transition	1273.15 K	1273.15	NiYb	experimental	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Palenzona 1973 doi	p. 2 report	Thermal analysis by Palenzona and Cirafici [16] indicated a transformation in NiYb at 1000 C.
Phase transition	1304 K	1304	congruent melting: Liq -> β-YbNi L: Yb 0.5; β-YbNi: Yb 0.5	model	[2] Hu 2017	Table 2, p. 24, row 22 report
Phase transition	1308 K	1308	congruent melting: Liq -> β-YbNi L: Yb 0.5; β-YbNi: Yb 0.5	experimental	[2] Hu 2017 cites Palenzona 1973 doi	Table 2, p. 24, row 21 report
Phase transition	1582 K	1582	congruent melting: Liq -> YbNi3 L: Yb 0.25; YbNi3: Yb 0.25	model	[2] Hu 2017	Table 2, p. 24, row 14 report
Phase transition	1583 K	1583	congruent melting: Liq -> YbNi3 L: Yb 0.25; YbNi3: Yb 0.25	model	[2] Hu 2017 cites Zhu 2016 doi	Table 2, p. 24, row 13 report
Phase transition	1583 K	1583	congruent melting: Liq -> YbNi3 L: Yb 0.25; YbNi3: Yb 0.25	experimental	[2] Hu 2017 cites Palenzona 1973 doi	Table 2, p. 24, row 12 report

Formation (9)

Formation, Ni–Yb system
Property	Value	T (K)	Phases / composition	Class	Source	Location
Entropy of formation printed: ΔSf	0.02 J/mol-atom/K	0	Yb2Ni17 alloy: Yb 0.105263	DFT	[2] Hu 2017	Table 3, p. 26, row 23 report
Entropy of formation printed: ΔSf	0.84 J/mol-atom/K	0	YbNi5 alloy: Yb 0.166667	DFT	[2] Hu 2017	Table 3, p. 26, row 25 report
Entropy of formation printed: Entropies of formation	-2.5 J/mol-atom/K	298.15	Ni17Yb2 alloy: Yb 0.105263	experimental	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Berezutskii 2014 doi	Table 2, p. 5, row 4 report
Entropy of formation printed: Entropies of formation	-5.3 J/mol-atom/K	298.15	Ni2Yb alloy: Yb 0.333333	experimental	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Berezutskii 2014 doi	Table 2, p. 5, row 19 report
Entropy of formation printed: Entropies of formation	-6 J/mol-atom/K	298.15	Ni3Yb alloy: Yb 0.25	experimental	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Berezutskii 2014 doi	Table 2, p. 5, row 14 report
Entropy of formation printed: Entropies of formation	-4 J/mol-atom/K	298.15	Ni5Yb alloy: Yb 0.166667	experimental	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Berezutskii 2014 doi	Table 2, p. 5, row 10 report
Entropy of formation printed: Entropies of formation	-4 J/mol-atom/K	298.15	NiYb_LT alloy: Yb 0.5	experimental	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Berezutskii 2014 doi	Table 2, p. 5, row 23 report
Entropy of formation printed: ΔSf	-0.86 J/mol-atom/K	298.15	YbNi3 alloy: Yb 0.25	experimental	[2] Hu 2017 cites Palenzona 1973 doi	Table 3, p. 26, row 19 report
Entropy of formation printed: Entropies of formation	1.96 J/mol-atom/K ± 0.07	990	Ni17Yb2 alloy: Yb 0.105263	experimental	[1] Kardellass 2016 cites Di 2002 doi	Table 2, p. 5, row 5 report

Heat capacity / entropy / enthalpy (9)

Heat capacity / entropy / enthalpy, Ni–Yb system
Property	Value	T (K)	Phases / composition	Class	Source	Location
Entropy printed: Entropies of formation	33.33 J/mol-atom/K	298.15	Ni17Yb2 alloy: Yb 0.105263	model	[1] Kardellass 2016	Table 2, p. 5, row 3 report
Entropy printed: Entropies of formation	33.33 J/mol-atom/K	298.15	Ni17Yb2 alloy: Ni 0.894737, Yb 0.105263	model	[1] Kardellass 2016	Table 4, p. 7, row 1 report
Entropy printed: Entropies of formation	36.47 J/mol-atom/K	298.15	Ni2Yb alloy: Ni 0.666667, Yb 0.333333	model	[1] Kardellass 2016	Table 4, p. 7, row 8 report
Entropy printed: Entropies of formation	36.47 J/mol-atom/K	298.15	Ni2Yb alloy: Yb 0.333333	model	[1] Kardellass 2016	Table 2, p. 5, row 18 report
Entropy printed: Entropies of formation	33.98 J/mol-atom/K	298.15	Ni3Yb alloy: Yb 0.25	model	[1] Kardellass 2016	Table 2, p. 5, row 13 report
Entropy printed: Entropies of formation	33.5 J/mol-atom/K	298.15	Ni5Yb alloy: Yb 0.166667	model	[1] Kardellass 2016	Table 2, p. 5, row 9 report
Entropy printed: Entropies of formation	33.5 J/mol-atom/K	298.15	Ni5Yb alloy: Ni 0.833333, Yb 0.166667	model	[1] Kardellass 2016	Table 4, p. 7, row 4 report
Entropy printed: Entropies of formation	42.43 J/mol-atom/K	298.15	NiYb alloy: Ni 0.5, Yb 0.5	model	[1] Kardellass 2016	Table 4, p. 7, row 12 report
Entropy printed: Entropies of formation	42.43 J/mol-atom/K	298.15	NiYb_LT alloy: Yb 0.5	model	[1] Kardellass 2016	Table 2, p. 5, row 22 report

Crystal structure (22)

Crystal structure, Ni–Yb system
Property	Value	T (K)	Phases / composition	Class	Source	Location
Lattice a printed: a	8.324 Å	0	Yb2Ni17 alloy: Yb 0.105263	DFT	[2] Hu 2017	Table 3, p. 26, row 12 report
Lattice a printed: Lattice parameter a	8.302 Å	0	Yb2Ni17 alloy: Yb 0.105263	DFT	[2] Hu 2017	Table 3, p. 26, row 11 report
Lattice a printed: Lattice parameter a	4.894 Å	0	Yb2Ni7 alloy: Yb 0.222222	DFT	[2] Hu 2017	Table 3, p. 26, row 17 report
Lattice a printed: a	4.879 Å	0	YbNi5 alloy: Yb 0.166667	DFT	[2] Hu 2017	Table 3, p. 26, row 15 report
Lattice a printed: Lattice parameter a	4.899 Å	0	YbNi5 alloy: Yb 0.166667	DFT	[2] Hu 2017	Table 3, p. 26, row 16 report
Lattice a printed: a	8.272 Å	298.15	Yb2Ni17 alloy: Yb 0.105263	experimental	[2] Hu 2017 cites Palenzona 1973 doi	Table 3, p. 26, row 10 report
Lattice a printed: a	8.28 Å	298.15	Yb2Ni17 alloy: Yb 0.105263	experimental	[2] Hu 2017 cites Buschow 1972 doi	Table 3, p. 26, row 9 report
Lattice a printed: a	4.919 Å	298.15	YbNi3 alloy: Yb 0.25	experimental	[2] Hu 2017 cites Palenzona 1973 doi	Table 3, p. 26, row 19 report
Lattice a printed: Lattice parameter a	4.92 Å	298.15	YbNi3 alloy: Yb 0.25	experimental	[2] Hu 2017 cites Buschow 1972 doi	Table 3, p. 26, row 18 report
Lattice a printed: a	4.847 Å	298.15	YbNi5 alloy: Yb 0.166667	experimental	[2] Hu 2017 cites Buschow 1972 doi	Table 3, p. 26, row 13 report
Lattice a printed: a	4.842 Å	298.15	YbNi5 alloy: Yb 0.166667	experimental	[2] Hu 2017 cites Palenzona 1973 doi	Table 3, p. 26, row 14 report
Lattice c printed: c	8.064 Å	0	Yb2Ni17 alloy: Yb 0.105263	DFT	[2] Hu 2017	Table 3, p. 26, row 12 report
Lattice c printed: Lattice parameter c	8.043 Å	0	Yb2Ni17 alloy: Yb 0.105263	DFT	[2] Hu 2017	Table 3, p. 26, row 11 report
Lattice c printed: c	35.79 Å	0	Yb2Ni7 alloy: Yb 0.222222	DFT	[2] Hu 2017	Table 3, p. 26, row 17 report
Lattice c printed: c	3.947 Å	0	YbNi5 alloy: Yb 0.166667	DFT	[2] Hu 2017	Table 3, p. 26, row 15 report
Lattice c printed: c	3.963 Å	0	YbNi5 alloy: Yb 0.166667	DFT	[2] Hu 2017	Table 3, p. 26, row 16 report
Lattice c printed: c	8.029 Å	298.15	Yb2Ni17 alloy: Yb 0.105263	experimental	[2] Hu 2017 cites Palenzona 1973 doi	Table 3, p. 26, row 10 report
Lattice c printed: c	8.024 Å	298.15	Yb2Ni17 alloy: Yb 0.105263	experimental	[2] Hu 2017 cites Buschow 1972 doi	Table 3, p. 26, row 9 report
Lattice c printed: c	24.14 Å	298.15	YbNi3 alloy: Yb 0.25	experimental	[2] Hu 2017 cites Palenzona 1973 doi	Table 3, p. 26, row 19 report
Lattice c printed: Lattice parameter c	24.16 Å	298.15	YbNi3 alloy: Yb 0.25	experimental	[2] Hu 2017 cites Buschow 1972 doi	Table 3, p. 26, row 18 report
Lattice c printed: c	3.962 Å	298.15	YbNi5 alloy: Yb 0.166667	experimental	[2] Hu 2017 cites Buschow 1972 doi	Table 3, p. 26, row 13 report
Lattice c printed: c	3.959 Å	298.15	YbNi5 alloy: Yb 0.166667	experimental	[2] Hu 2017 cites Palenzona 1973 doi	Table 3, p. 26, row 14 report

Sources

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

Saïd Kardellass, Colette Servant, Najim Selhaoui, Thermodynamic description of the Ni–Yb and Ni–Eu binary systems, J Therm Anal Calorim 125, 255-269 (2016). doi:10.1007/s10973-016-5380-3
Yong-Jie Hu, Yi Wang, Samad A. Firdosy, Kurt E. Star, Jean-Pierre Fleurial, Vilupanur A. Ravi et al., First-principles calculations and thermodynamic modeling of the Yb-Ni binary system, Calphad 59, 207-217 (2017). doi:10.1016/j.calphad.2017.09.004

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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

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@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}
}