T_17: Al2O3-MgO Phase Diagram

Al2O3-MgO is one of the basic systems to understand metallurgical slags and refractories. This example uses an Equilibrium Calculator to calculate a phase diagram of the pseudo-binary system Al2O3-MgO. It also demonstrates how to change components in the System Definer. In this case, the components AL2O3 and MgO are defined instead of the elements Al, Mg, and O.

In the Plot Renderer settings window, click Show more and Show less to toggle between viewing all or some of the available settings.

  • Folder: Thermo‑Calc
  • File name: T_17_Al2O3-MgO_phase_diagram.tcu

The TCS Metal Oxide Solutions Database (TCOX) is used in this example. A valid license for version 11 (TCOX11) or newer is required to run the example.

Visualizations

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Open the example project file to review the node setup on the Project window and the associated settings on the Configuration window for each node. For some types of projects, you can also adjust settings on the Plot Renderer Configuration window to preview results before performing the simulation. Click Perform Tree to generate plots and tables to see the results on the Visualizations window.

Phase diagram of the pseudo-binary system Al2O3-MgO.

Figure 1: Phase diagram of the pseudo-binary system Al2O3-MgO.

More Information

This example is also included in the TCS Metal Oxide Solutions Database (TCOX) Validation and Calculation Examples Collection. See Al2O3-MgO.

There is a similar example provided in Console Mode that uses the OXDEMO database, which is available to all users. See tcex17 in Binary Phase Diagram Examples.