Chapter N9.

PHASE DIAGRAM
HWCh9. Submission date, December 26
1. A copper–nickel alloy of composition 60 wt% Ni–40 wt% Cu is slowly heated to a
temperature of 1400 oC.
(a) At what temperature does the first liquid phase form?
(b) What is the composition of this liquid phase?
(c) At what temperature does complete melting of the alloy occur?
(d) What is the composition of the last solid remaining prior to complete melting?
2. A 90 wt% Ag–10 wt% Cu alloy is heated to a temperature within the liquid phase
region. If the composition of the liquid phase is 85 wt% Ag, determine:
(a) The temperature of the alloy
(b) The composition of the phase
(c) The mass fractions of both phases
3. The microstructure of a lead–tin alloy at room temperature consists of primary  and
eutectic structures. If the mass fractions of these two microconstituents are 0.70 and
0.30, respectively, determine the composition of the alloy.
4. Compute the mass fractions of proeutectoid cementite and pearlite that form in an
iron–carbon alloy containing 1.5 wt% C.
5. The microstructure of an iron–carbon alloy consists of proeutectoid ferrite and
pearlite; themass fractions of these two microconstituents are 0.2 and 0.8, respectively.
Determine the concentration of carbon in this alloy.
6. Consider 5 kg of austenite containing 0.6 wt% C, cooled to below 727C.
(a) What is the proeutectoid phase?
(b) How many kilograms each of total ferrite and cementite form?
(c) How many kilograms each of pearlite and the proeutectoid phase form?
(d) Schematically sketch and label the resulting microstructure.
7. Is it possible to have an iron–carbon alloy for which the mass fractions of total ferrite
and proeutectoid cementite are 0.85 and 0.05, respectively? Why or why not?