This book provides expert treatment of the use of the Calphad calculations for the study of
crystal structures and thermodynamics relationships in phase diagram determination. After a
short review of the relationships between crystal structures and the thermodynamics of
materials including all possible phase transformations the book proceeds to a brief
discussion of the methods for solving the stability hierarchy of different phases. Coverage
includes both theoretical calculations and experimental methods based on classical
thermodynamics with emphasis on the latter. The experimental approach is mainly carried out
using heat-exchange data associated with the transition of one form into another. It is
demonstrated that the crystallographic properties must be associated with the phase
transformations and should be taken into account. The role of X-ray crystallography therein is
also discussed. Readers interested in carrying out related research will appreciate the
detailed discussion and critical analysis of key results obtained by the author and his
colleagues over the past five years.
