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Professor Jan Vřešťál and His Contributions Towards the Implementing of Ab Initio Data into the CALPHAD Method and Extension of the Phase Diagram Calculations Down to 0 K

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The paper describes the development of implementation of ab initio results into the CALPHAD method and of calculations of phase diagrams down to 0 K, where Prof. Jan Vřešťál is among pioneers paving new ways. His scientific activities contributed considerably to improved versatility and effectivity of the CALPHAD method, which was supported by numerous descriptions of binary and ternary systems accomplished with the help of data having stronger physical grounds and thus bringing more physics into the CALPHAD approach. He also brought the CALPHAD method to Czechoslovak scientific institutions and, due to his merit, numerous younger colleagues learned to apply this very effective approach.

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  1. Institute of Physics of Materials, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Žižkova 22, 616 62, Brno, Czech Republic

    A. Kroupa, J. Pavlů & M. Šob

  2. Central European Institute of Technology, CEITEC MU, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic

    J. Pavlů & M. Šob

  3. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 611 37, Brno, Czech Republic

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This invited article is part of a special issue of the Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion in honor of Prof. Jan Vřešťál’s 80th birthday. This special issue was organized by Prof. Andrew Watson, Coventry University, and Dr. Aleš Kroupa, Institute of Physics of Materials, Brno, Czech Republic.

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Kroupa, A., Pavlů, J. & Šob, M. Professor Jan Vřešťál and His Contributions Towards the Implementing of Ab Initio Data into the CALPHAD Method and Extension of the Phase Diagram Calculations Down to 0 K. J. Phase Equilib. Diffus. 40, 3–9 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11669-018-0704-6

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