The Open Thermodynamics Journal
2009, 3 : 7-16Published online 2009 April 9. DOI: 10.2174/1874396X00903010007
Publisher ID: TOTHERJ-3-7
Critical Review of the La-Zn System
IM2NP- UMR 6242 CNRS,
case 142 - Université Aix-Marseille III, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques
de Saint-Jérôme - Avenue Escadrille Normandie Niémen, 13397 Marseille
Cedex 20, France.
ABSTRACT
All the available data on phase equilibria, thermodynamic and structural properties of the lanthanum-zinc phases are presented and critically analysed in this paper. Although these data allow to draw an overall description of the binary system, they are not accurate enough for further extrapolations to higher order systems using computational methods. Therefore at the end of this analysis we suggest new experimental investigations to improve the description of this system.