Thermodynamic description of the Dy–Ni system

The Dy–Ni binary system has been thermodynamically assessed by means of the computer program Thermo-Calc. The Redlich–Kister polynomial was used to describe the solution phase, liquid (L). Ten compounds, Dy3Ni, Dy3Ni2, DyNi, DyNi2, DyNi3, Dy2Ni7, DyNi4, Dy4Ni17, DyNi5 and Dy2Ni7, were treated as stoichiometric phases. The parameters of the Gibbs energy expressions were optimized according to all the available experimental information of both the equilibrium data and the thermodynamic results. A set of self-consistent thermodynamic parameters of the Dy–Ni system has been obtained. The calculations agree well with the respective experimental data.