Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science,

COEP Pune-5

Class : S. Y. Metallurgy

Acad. Year: 2020-21

Course : Principles of Physical Metallurgy

Topic Isomorphous system ,

Course coordinator: Mrs. S. U. Dangarikar

Lecture: 10
 Plotting of Phase Diagram
• Cooling Curves
• Differential Scanning Calorimetry
• Dilatometry
• Differential Thermal Analysis
• Metallography : optical and electron
• Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy
• Electron Microprobe Analyzer
• X-ray Diffraction
Steps in plotting of equilibrium diagram
1. Prepare large no. of alloys of varying composition of metals A
and B.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Wt.% A 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
Wt.% B 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

2. Plot the cooling curves for all above combinations.

3. Note down liquidus and solidus temperature of these
materials.
Liquidus: L1,L2.L3 ………….L10,L11.
Solidus : S1,S2,S3…………S10,S11.
4. Transfer these temperature, to a Temp.Vs Composition graph
5. Draw smooth curve for point thgrough L1 to L11 and S1 to
S11
 Isomorphous System

Source: Smith, Principles of Materials Science

And Engineering, 1996, p.441
Slow cooling of Isomorphous System
Composition
 Information from phase diagram
• Overall Composition
• Solidus : Temperature at which alloy is completely
solid ( or Temperature at which liquefaction begins)
• Liquidus : Temperature at which alloy is completely
liquid ( or Temperature at which solidification begins)
• Limits of Solid Solubility
• Chemical Composition of Phases at any temperature
• Amount of Phases at any temperature
• Invariant Reactions
• Development of Microstructure
 Composition
• Overall composition: It is the chemical
composition of each phase in the system

In a system having more than one phase,

• each phase will have a unique chemical
composition which will be different from
each other, and will also be different from
the overall composition.