Thermodynamic assessment of Cr–Nb–C and Mn–Nb–C systems

Abstract

In the present work, an attempt to provide thermodynamic descriptions for the Cr–Nb–C and Mn–Nb–C systems was made. Various descriptions for most of the binary systems had been already available, so a selection between parameters sets was made. An additional partial reassessment was needed for the Cr–C system for the better correspondence with recent experimental data for the liquidus.