A general formulation of phase-field models for nonisothermal solidification in multicomponent and multiphase alloy systems is derived from an entropy functional in a thermodynamically consistent way. General expressions for the free energy densities, for multicomponent diffusion coefficients, and for both weak and faceted types of surface energy and kinetic anisotropy are possible. A three-dimensional simulator is developed to show the capability of the model to describe phase transitions, complex microstructure formation, and grain growth in polycrystalline textures.
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