This was the starting point for the

This was the starting point for the present study which wants to
provide partial and integral thermodynamic properties of binary Ce–
Cd alloys, mainly based on Cd vapor pressure measurements with an
isopiestic method [5,6]. Using limited literature information on partial
thermodynamic properties of Ce, integral Gibbs energies of formation
could be obtained over a large composition range. Together with
calorimetric measurements to determine enthalpies of formation of
several intermetallic compounds and a careful experimental phase
diagram reinvestigation (both currently under way) this will serve as
input for a CALPHAD optimization of the binary Ce–Cd system.