Thermodynamic description of the Cu–Ag–Zr system

Based on the CALPHAD method, the Ag–Zr and Ag–Cu systems have been assessed thermodynamically. The excess Gibbs energy of the solution phases in the Cu–Ag–Zr system was modeled assuming random mixing of components. The ternary phase was defined as a stoichiometric compound due to the lack of efficient thermodynamic data. At first, parameters capable of describing all phases in the Ag–Zr and the Ag–Cu systems were assessed. Combined with the parameters of the Cu–Zr system assessed previously, the isothermal sections of the Cu–Ag–Zr system at 1023 K and 978 K were extrapolated, which can reproduce the measured phase-relations.