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Ternary, Binary & p-T-x Evaluation Reports provide the intellectual critical evaluation of all published data and facts on each individual materials system.
Each evaluation report is a concise and - as far as published data allow – consistent phase diagram description for an individual binary or ternary system.
The world literature is thoroughly and systematically searched back to the year 1830. Then, the published data are critically evaluated by the MSIT experts in materials science and peer-reviewed under the authority of the 
MSIT Editorial Board.
Critical evaluation of phase diagrams means:
- conflicts within the published data are pointed out, settled wherever possible and the arguments for rejecting or accepting data are given.
- conclusions are drawn from the information gained from the many different articles. System Report does not speculate, but sticks to the facts. Reliably known data + the rules of heterogeneous equilibria + the competence of the author lead to new value added information.
- conflicting diagrams are discussed in the evaluation report and one diagram is selected, even if the other may be equally good or bad. Decisions are justified in the text.
- new diagrams are drawn from that data that appear to be reliable.
- System Report is internally consistent throughout text, tables and phase diagrams and accepted binary systems
- All Evaluation Reports are peer-reviewed.
Some reports incorporate selected thermodynamic calculations & experimental work performed by MSIT in support of the evaluation.
Access to the reports requires a valid license and the viewing software Eureka Viewer installed on a PC. Licenses can be purchased by credit card or via subscriptions. Eureka Viewer is free for download and comes automatically with some free, fully interactive, sample documents.
Ternary Evaluation Reports
Ternary Evaluation Reports are critical evaluations of ternary (3-component) systems. They provide critical intellectual evaluations of all (often conflicting) data on the phase equilibria and constitutional properties which are presented in the form of consistent, interactive System Reports, for each of the selected ternary materials systems.
The phase diagram of a ternary system is a complex 3-dimentional prism consisting of many surfaces, volumes, planes, lines, points, gaps, troughs, etc.
In contrast to other databases collecting randomly some diagrams (sections or projections), an MSIT Evaluation Report has in focus the ENTIRE phase diagram of a system - the entire prism: data from different publications are analysed together and made consistent between:
- all known isothermal (horisontal) sections and different temperatures,
- all known polythermal (vertical) sections along different concentrations,
- all known projections of different surfaces (solidus, liquidus, solvus).
In general, the approach used to discuss the phase relationships is to consider changes in state and phase reactions which occur with decreasing temperature.
MSI ternary evaluation procedures are adopted by APDIC as quality standards. They are co-ordinated with the MSIT binary evaluations, improving the quality of evaluation.
See Content Types & Interactive Features of ternary evaluations.
- Ternary Phase Diagram Evaluation results
- Silver-Copper-Tin (Ag-Cu-Sn) Ternary Phase Diagram Evaluation Report 1
- Silver-Copper-Tin (Ag-Cu-Sn) Ternary Phase Diagram Evaluation Report 2
Binary Evaluation Reports
Binary Evaluation Reports are critical evaluations of binary (2-component) systems. They provide critical intellectual evaluations of all (often conflicting) data on the phase diagram and constitutional properties which are presented in the form of consistent, interactive System Reports, for each of the selected binary system.
Binary Evaluations are coordinated with the relevant ternary evaluations to ensure agreement of evaluated information and a higher degree of reliability.
All relevant literature, from pre-1900 up to the publishing date is taken into account in the evaluations, along with experimental work & thermodynamic calculations undertaken in support of the MSIT Evaluation Programs.
See Content Types & Interactive Features of binary evaluations.
- Binary Phase Diagram Evaluation results
- Silver-Copper (Ag-Cu) Binary Phase Diagram Evaluation Report 1
- Aluminium-Copper (Al-Cu) Binary Phase Diagram Evaluation Report 2
p - T - x Evaluations
A collection of evaluated pressure dependent phase diagrams & supporting data for some 180 binary systems. Evaluated by Prof. Yu. Levinsky.
See Content Types & Interactive Features of p-T-x evaluations.
- p-T-x Phase Diagram Evaluation results
- Silver-Sulphur (Ag-S) p-T-x Phase Diagram Evaluation Report
Overview: Content Types & Interactive Features
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| Descriptive text reports |  |
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| Phase diagrams | |
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| Isothermal sections | |
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| Polythermal projections | |
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| Phase reactions | |
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| Reference lists | |
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| Crystal structure tables | |
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| Thermodynamic data | |
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| Reaction schemes | |
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| Micrographs | |
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| Notes on properties & applications | |
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| Other relevant information | |
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| Log P vs 1/T diagrams | |
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| Isobaric sections | |
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| T-x diagrams | |
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| Interactive Features | Ternary Evaluations | Binary Evaluations | p-T-x Evaluations |
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| Link between content type | |
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| Navigate via list of contents | |
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| Overlap phase diagrams | |
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| Zoom in on pictures and phase diagrams | |
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| Use mass %↔ atom % conversion | |
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| Link to Current Work Alert | |
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