Yb system

28 accepted literature values from 8 paper(s) (experimental 15, model 7, DFT 5, unspecified 1); 0 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	15
model	7
DFT	5
unspecified	1

Accepted values by property group
Property group	Values
invariant reaction	7
phase transition	11
crystal structure	10

Invariant reactions (literature)

Invariant reactions reported in the literature for the Yb system (7)
T (K)	Reaction / phases	Compositions (mole fraction)	Class	Source	Location
1053	other: Yb(bcc) = Yb(fcc)		experimental	[1] Brutti 2005 cites Palenzona 2002	Table 5, p. 6, row 2 report
1033	polymorphic: BCC(Yb) -> FCC(Yb)		unspecified	[2] Zhang 2007 cites Dinsdale 1991 doi	Table 4, p. 5, row 2 report
1033	polymorphic: BCC(Yb) -> FCC(Yb)		model	[2] Zhang 2007	Table 4, p. 5, row 1 report
1033	polymorphic: β(Yb) -> γ(Yb)	β(Yb):	experimental	[3] Dai-man 2018 cites Okamoto 2005	Table 1, p. 3, row 26 report
1033	other: Yb(bcc) = Yb(fcc)		model	[1] Brutti 2005	Table 5, p. 6, row 1 report
1033	polymorphic: β(Yb) -> γ(Yb)	β(Yb):	model	[3] Dai-man 2018	Table 1, p. 3, row 27 report
1023	polymorphic: β(Yb) -> γ(Yb)	β(Yb):	experimental	[3] Dai-man 2018 cites Pani 2003	Table 1, p. 3, row 25 report

Other properties

Phase transition (11)

Phase transition, Yb system
Property	Value	T (K)	Phases / composition	Class	Source	Location	Quote
Phase transition	1013.15 K	1013.15	Yb	experimental	[4] Meng 2008 cites Palenzona 1972 doi	p. 2 report	The accepted ␤ ↔ ␥ transformation temperature by Gschneidner et al. [10] was 795 ◦ C, while the given value by Palenzona et al. [9] was 740 ◦ C.
Phase transition	1033 K	1033	polymorphic: (βYb) -> (γYb) (βYb):	model	[5] Ghamri 2015	Table 5, p. 6, row 10 report
Phase transition	1053 K	1053	polymorphic: Yb(bcc) = Yb(fcc) alloy: Yb 1	experimental	[1] Brutti 2005 cites Palenzona 2002	Table 2, p. 3, row 40 report
Phase transition	1053.15 K	1053.15	polymorphic: γYb -> βYb	model	[6] Achgar 2018	Table 5, p. 8, row 6 report
Phase transition	1053.15 K	1053.15	polymorphic: γYb -> βYb	model	[6] Achgar 2018	Table 5, p. 8, row 5 report
Phase transition	1053.15 K	1053.15	polymorphic: γYb -> βYb	experimental	[6] Achgar 2018 cites Pani 2003	Table 5, p. 8, row 4 report
Phase transition	1061 K	1061	polymorphic: (βYb) -> (γYb) (βYb):	experimental	[5] Ghamri 2015 cites Kh 1970	Table 5, p. 6, row 7 report
Phase transition	1065 K	1065	polymorphic	experimental	[7] Hu 2017 cites Gschneidner 1986 doi	p. 20 report	In fact, the experimentally measured temperature is even lower than the commonly acceptable polymorphic transformation temperature between fcc-Yb and bcc-Yb, which is 1065K [41].
Phase transition	1068 K	1068	polymorphic: (βYb) -> (γYb) (βYb):	experimental	[5] Ghamri 2015 cites Okamoto 1990	Table 5, p. 6, row 9 report
Phase transition	1068.15 K	1068.15	Yb	model	[4] Meng 2008 cites Gschneidner 1989 doi	p. 2 report	The accepted ␤ ↔ ␥ transformation temperature by Gschneidner et al. [10] was 795 ◦ C, while the given value by Palenzona et al. [9] was 740 ◦ C.
Phase transition	1071 K	1071	polymorphic: (βYb) -> (γYb) (βYb):	experimental	[5] Ghamri 2015 cites Spedding 1961 doi	Table 5, p. 6, row 8 report

Crystal structure (10)

Crystal structure, Yb system
Property	Value	T (K)	Phases / composition	Class	Source	Location
Lattice a	3.81 Å	0	(Yb-γ) alloy: Yb 1	DFT	[8] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 1, p. 3, row 4 report
Lattice a printed: a	5.451 Å	0	fcc-Yb alloy: Yb 1	DFT	[7] Hu 2017	Table 3, p. 26, row 7 report
Lattice a printed: a	5.491 Å	0	fcc-Yb alloy: Yb 1	DFT	[7] Hu 2017	Table 3, p. 26, row 8 report
Lattice a	3.87 Å	298.15	(Yb-γ) alloy: Yb 1	experimental	[8] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Kayser 1971 doi	Table 1, p. 3, row 3 report
Lattice a printed: a	5.484 Å	298.15	fcc-Yb alloy: Yb 1	experimental	[7] Hu 2017 cites Palenzona 1973 doi	Table 3, p. 26, row 6 report
Lattice a printed: Lattice parameter a	5.486 Å	298.15	fcc-Yb alloy: Yb 1	experimental	[7] Hu 2017 cites Buschow 1972 doi	Table 3, p. 26, row 5 report
Lattice b	3.81 Å	0	(Yb-γ) alloy: Yb 1	DFT	[8] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 1, p. 3, row 4 report
Lattice b	3.87 Å	298.15	(Yb-γ) alloy: Yb 1	experimental	[8] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Kayser 1971 doi	Table 1, p. 3, row 3 report
Lattice c	6.33 Å	0	(Yb-γ) alloy: Yb 1	DFT	[8] Kali-Ali 2017	Table 1, p. 3, row 4 report
Lattice c	6.38 Å	298.15	(Yb-γ) alloy: Yb 1	experimental	[8] Kali-Ali 2017 cites Kayser 1971 doi	Table 1, p. 3, row 3 report

Sources

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

S. Brutti, G. Balducci, A. Ciccioli, G. Gigli, Thermodynamic assessment of the Yb–Si system, Calphad 29, 254-261 (2005). doi:10.1016/j.calphad.2005.06.004
L.G. Zhang, L.B. Liu, H.S. Liu, Z.P. Jin, Thermodynamic assessment of Cu–Eu and Cu–Yb system, Calphad 31, 264-268 (2007). doi:10.1016/j.calphad.2006.11.003
Zhu Dai-man, Li Chang-rong, Guo Cui-ping, Du Zhen-min, Thermodynamic assessment of the Ge-Yb binary system, Ferroelectrics 522, 80-87 (2018). doi:10.1080/00150193.2018.1392217
F.G. Meng, L.G. Zhang, H.S. Liu, L.B. Liu, Z.P. Jin, Thermodynamic optimization of the Al–Yb binary system, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 452, 279-282 (2008). doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2006.11.023
H. Ghamri, Y. Djaballah, A. Belgacem-Bouzida, Thermodynamic modeling of the Eu–Te and Te–Yb systems, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 643, 121-128 (2015). doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.03.224
Khadija Achgar, Saïd Kardellass, Najim Selhaoui, Thermodynamic assessment of the Ytterbium–Germanium binary system, J Therm Anal Calorim 131, 443-453 (2018). doi:10.1007/s10973-017-6203-x
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
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 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_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}
}