Experimental investigation and thermodynamic reassessment of the Fe–Si–Zn system

Based on the critical evaluation of the experimental data available in the literature, the isothermal section of the Fe–Si–Zn system at 873 K was measured using a combination of X-ray analysis and scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray analysis. No ternary phase is observed at 873 K. A thermodynamic modeling for the Fe–Si–Zn system was then conducted by considering the reliable experimental data from the literature and the present work. All the calculated phase equilibria agree well with the experimental ones. It is noteworthy that a stable liquid miscibility gap appears in the computed ternary phase diagrams although it is metastable in the three boundary binaries.