Critical Evaluation and Thermodynamic CALPHAD Reassessment of the Gallium–Germanium Binary System

Abstract

Thermodynamic modeling of the Ga–Ge binary system was carried out with the help of the CALPHAD (CALculation of PHAse Diagram) method. The liquid and diamond (Ge) phases have been described with the sublattice formalism and the excess model with the Redlich–Kister equation. The solution phase (Ga) was treated as a pure element. The most experimental data, including phase diagrams and thermodynamic information, gathered from the literature were employed to optimize the thermodynamic parameters. The resultant calculated phase diagram and the system’s thermodynamic properties are in satisfactory accordance with the majority of the experimental data.