MatS 2001 - Fall 2013 Problem Set:8 Due 11/15/13

8-1 Using the copper-silver phase diagram (p 298) answer the following questions: a. what is the maximum solubility of Ag in Cu? Cu in Ag? 70 g Cu is mixed with 30 g of Ag and heated to 1000C. Then the mixture is slowly cooled to room temperature. b. Identify the phases present at 780C, the composition, and amount of each phase. Sketch the microstructure. c. Identify the phases present at 778C, the composition, and amount of each phase. Sketch the microstructure. d. Identify the phases present at room temperature, the composition of each phase, and the amount. Assume equilibrium compositions. (Of course the microstructure will not be at equilibrium). 8-2 Using the magnesium-lead phase diagram (p 313) a. what is the maximum solubility of Pb in Mg? of Mg in Pb(be careful on this one)? b. An alloy is prepared by heating a mixture of 50 kg lead and 50 kg magnesium to 700C, then cooling to just above the eutectic temperature, 465C. What is the composition and mass of each phase? c. The alloy is then cooled to 464C. Sketch the microstructure. What is the composition and mass of each phase? d. Finally the alloy is cooled to room temperature. What are the mass of each microstructure and the mass of each phase in the different microstructures? Note, because the phase boundary separating the +Mg2Pb (two-phase) and regions is rather temperature dependent you will need to keep track of the changes between the eutectic temperature and room temperature. 8-3 Using the copper-zinc phase diagram (p312) a. what is the maximum solubility of Zn in Cu? Why does zinc not have unlimited solubility in cooper? (hint: consider the Hume-Rothery rules) b. A common commercial alloy is cartridge brass which has 30 wt% zinc. Find the yield stress and tensile stress for this brass in Chapter 6 and compare it to pure copper. Give some reasons for the difference. What assumptions need to be made?

8-4 The attached figure shows the pressuretemperature phase diagram for H2O. Apply the Gibbs phase rule at points A, B, and C; that is, specify the number of degrees of freedom at each of the points. (Degrees of freedom are the number of externally controllable variables that need be specified to completely define the system.) 8-5 Consider the phase diagrams for two binary mixtures, Mo-W and Mo-Si, which are attached at the end of the problem set.

a. Label all phase fields in both diagrams. There are two extremely tiny fields on the Mo-Si diagram that you can leave unlabeled. Note: Stoichiometric compounds Mo3Si, Mo5Si3 and MoSi2 exist at the compositions denoted by the vertical arrows. You need to label the arrows with the right compound. What is the melting point of MoSi2? b. The phase behaviors of Mo-W mixtures and Mo-Si mixtures are markedly different. Give a detailed explanation for why this is. 8-6 Suppose you have a Mo-W alloy that is 70 wt% W. Describe a process that would allow you to isolate an enriched mixture that is 80 wt% W. What would your yield be for a two-step process? Show your calculations and indicate the process on the Mo-W phase diagram. 8-7 10 kg of graphite (C) is added to 990 kg of Fe and the mixture is heated to 1600 C. Slowly cool as follows. a. Cool to 1400C. Sketch the morphology. Calculate the mass of each microstructure and the mass and composition of each phase within each microstructure. b. Cool to 1000C. Sketch the morphology. Calculate the mass of each microstructure and the mass and composition of each phase within each microstructure. c. Cool to 728C. Sketch the morphology. Calculate the mass of each microstructure and the mass and composition of each phase within each microstructure. d. Cool to 726C. Sketch the morphology. Calculate the mass of each microstructure and the mass and composition of each phase within each microstructure. e. Is this a hypo- or hypereutectoid alloy? Why? 8-8 Phase Transformations. Consider an iron-carbon alloy of eutectoid composition. If the sample is held at 760C and then subjected to following timetemperature treatments, specify the nature of the final microstructure (microconstituents present and approximate percentages). a. Rapidly cool to 350C, hold for 10,000 s, then quench to room temperature. b. Rapidly cool to 250C, hold for 100 s, then quench to room temperature. c. Rapidly cool to 650C, hold for 20s, rapidly cool to 400C, hold for 1000s, then quench to room temperature.