669.35:536.717 Thermodynamic evaluation of the Cu-Ni system within the CALPHAD approach is based on values of mixing enthalpies and activities of components in liquid and solid solutions, as well as parameters of phase transformations. The excess Gibbs free energy of phases is described by the following equations:mole for liquid alloy and ΔG (Cu, Ni), ex = x Ni (1 -x Ni )× × (6877.12 + 4.6T + (1-2x Ni )(-2450.1 + 1.87T)) J/mole for fcc solution. For the Gibbs free energy of the (Cu, Ni) phase, the magnetic effect is described by the Hillert-Jarl method. The thermodynamic model of the system generates a self-consistent description of all thermodynamic values and phase equilibria. The calculated binodale of fcc solid solution is in satisfactory agreement with experimental data. The critical point have coordinates 605 K and x Ni = 0.6.Binary copper-nickel alloys and more complex composites based on them have important mechanical and electrical properties and demonstrate high corrosion resistance in different environments. That is why they are widely used in contemporary industry as structural and electrotechnical materials. Therefore, studying the interaction of copper and nickel is an important task. Processes for extracting these valuable metals from secondary raw materials are another significant application. In this regard, the phase diagram of the system and thermodynamic properties of its phases attracted the close attention of experimenters and were repeatedly subjected to thermodynamic modeling. However, the published data on thermodynamic mixing functions demonstrate substantial differences both in the absolute value and temperature dependence, and phase equilibria in the low-temperature region cannot be considered fully understood.
PHASE EQUILIBRIA IN THE SYSTEMThe system components show complete liquid and solid miscibility. Hence, there are two phases in equilibrium: liquid L and fcc solution (Cu, Ni). The existence of the solid solution was confirmed with optical microscopy and x-ray examination. The solidus and liquidus lines form a cigar-shaped phase diagram with a narrow two-phase region. Different research teams invariably arrived at similar conclusions. The results of research efforts up to 1958 were analyzed in [1].Contemporary studies of the phase equilibria in the system [2][3][4][5] focus of the positioning of the liquidus and solidus lines (Figs. 1 and 2). The papers [2, 3, 5] used for this purpose an x-ray spectral microanalysis of samples quenched from the two-phase region. In addition, the paper [3] established the position of the liquidus line with a thermal analysis followed by extrapolating the data to the zero cooling rate. The measurements made in [3] cover the entire concentration range, the data from [2] the region of copper-rich alloys, and the data from [5] alloys with x Ni < 0.30 and x Ni > 0.70. The paper [4] studies the phase equilibrium between the liquid and solid solutions with a thermal analysis of seven alloy compositions in the range x Ni = 0.01-0.87.Donbass State Mech...