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A Combined Monte Carlo and Cluster Variation Approach for Calculating Gibbs Energies and Chemical Potentials

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Statics and Dynamics of Alloy Phase Transformations

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Two statistical mechanical treatments of order-disorder transformations in solid solutions have proven most successful, the Cluster Variation method (CVM) proposed by Kikuchi [1] and the Monte Carlo simulation (MC) introduced by Metropolis et al. [2].

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Bichara, C., Inden, G. (1994). A Combined Monte Carlo and Cluster Variation Approach for Calculating Gibbs Energies and Chemical Potentials. In: Turchi, P.E.A., Gonis, A. (eds) Statics and Dynamics of Alloy Phase Transformations. NATO ASI Series, vol 319. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2476-2_34

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