FACTPACK — plotting and communications software for thermochemical calculations

FACTFACK — the F∗A∗C∗T Plotting And Communications Kit, is a program developed for the IBM-PC, which enables you to communicate along a phone line and interact with a distant database. In addition, FACTPACK enables you to download and store the results of the calculations, and then regenerate the calculated tables, figures and phase diagrams on the PC screen or on a HP-plotter or LaserJet printer. Although developed for the F∗A∗C∗T thermochemical system, in principle FACTPACK could be used with any thermochemical database or private software. This paper describes FACTPACK and illustrates some of the more important features of the software including the generation of predominance area diagrams, Pourbaix diagrams, binary and ternary phase diagrams as well as the special editing capabilities.