Thermodynamic Prediction of the Free Energy of Mixing and Activities of some Goldbased Binary Liquid Alloys

Abstract

The free energy of mixing and activities of gold in selected six Au-based binary liquid Au-Cu, Au-Zn, Au-Pb, Au-Ni, Au-Sn and Al-Au alloys at different working temperatures have been studied using the quasi-chemical approximation model (QCAM). The predicted free enegry of mixing and activities results were compared with available experimental values. The predicted results are in reasonable agreement with reported experimental data and confirms that the model is reliable and, thus should serve as an alternative for the prediction of thermodynamic properties of binary liquid alloys.

Keywords: free energy of mixing, activities, Au, Binary liquid alloys, concentration