ME 382 Fall 2013 Homework 3 (Due on Friday, September 27th, 2013)

Answers given have generally been rounded, so you may get slightly different values.

1. The phase diagram for the copper-antimony system is shown below. The phase diagram contains the intermetallic compound marked X on the diagram. Determine the chemical formula of this compound. The atomic weights of copper and antimony are 63.54 and 121.75 respectively. (Ans: Cu2Sb)

2. A copper-antimony alloy containing 95 wt antimon is allo ed to cool rom C to room temperature. Describe the different phase changes which take place as the alloy is cooled and make labeled sketches of the microstructure to illustrate your answer.

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3. a he constitution point or a n- at allo at C lies in a two-phase field. Construct a tie line on the Figure and read off the two phases and their compositions.

(a) The phases are (Ans: liquid+Pb) The composition of phase 1 is (Ans: 53%) The composition of phase 2 is (Ans: 79%) he allo is slo l cooled to . t The phases are The composition of phase 1 is (Ans: 33%) The composition of phase 2 is C:

c he allo is cooled urther to C. At this temperature: The phases are The composition of phase 1 is (Ans: 1%) The composition of phase 2 is (d) Indicate with arrows on the figure the lines along which: 1. The composition of phase 1 moves 2. The composition of phase 2 moves The overall composition of the alloy stays the same, of course. How can the compositions of the phases change?

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4. Your grandma gives you a present, her most prized possession: an Urn of pure Gold. One afternoon, while mixing paint-remover in the urn, you are disturbed to note that it has turned an evil green in color. Whipping out your magnifying glass, you observe that the paint remover, in attacking the urn, has also etched it, clearly revealing the presence of two phases. This (of course) raises in your mind certain nagging doubts as to the purity of the Gold. Your friend with an electron microprobe analyzer performs a quick chemical analysis for you, with the distressing result: Copper 60 at%; Zinc 40 at%; Gold <0.001 at%; Figure below shows the apporopriate phase diagram. Assuming the Urn to be at equilibrium (though might not have been):

(a) Mark the constitution point onto the diagram (assume the constitution at room temperature is the same as at C). (b) Is it in a single- or two-phase region? (c) What phase(s) are present? (d) List the approximate phase composition(s). (e) Calculate approximately the proportions of each phase. (Ans: 8/7)

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5. A hypothetical equilibrium diagram between two elements A and B shows the following features: has three solid allotropic orms ith change temperatures o and C and melts at C. These form solid solutions , and containing B, eing the lo -temperature one. An intermediate compound A2B3 melts at solid solution and no solid solubility for B. B melts at C. It has a limitied solid solubility for A, forming

C and has negligible solid solubility for A. B

Eutectic reactions: t C, liquid (55% B) -> B + t C, liquid (90% B) -> A2B3+B. eritectic reactions at C: B +liquid B -> B.

utectoid reaction at C: B -> B + B. eritectoid reaction at C: B + B -> 4 B.

t C the solubilities of B in A and A in A2B3 are negligible and the phase extrends from 35% to 45 % B. All percentages given are by weight. The atomic weight of B is twice of that of A. Draw the equilibrium diagram assuming all the boundaries are straight lines. For an alloy containing 30% B decri es the changes that occur as it is cooled rom to C. Give the proportions of phases present immediately above and immediately below each temperature at which a reaction occurs.

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