[DIAGRAM] Gold Ferrous Phase Diagram

Phase Diagram Resources from ASM International. Alloy phase diagrams and crystal structure data are used by metallurgists, materials engineers, and materials scientists to develop new alloys for specific applications; fabricate these alloys into useful configurations; design and control heat treatment procedures for alloys that will produce the required mechanical, physical, and chemical.. Topic&10.&Phase&diagrams& Materials& 10.5. BINARY PHASE DIAGRAMS • The phase diagrams are maps temperature - composition of systems (at P = cte.) that are obtained from a series of cooling curves. • They show the existing phases and their compositions for any temperature and composition of the alloy, allowing to predict the transformations between phases

Phase diagrams are graphical representations of the phases present in an alloy being held at a particular temperature. They are used in metallurgical engineering to understand the effects of alloy composition and heat treating on a metal's microstructure.This is important because the properties of a metal component depend on the phases present in an alloy.. 1.5 Introduction to phase diagram 6 1.6 6Solid solution 1.7 7Iron Carbon Diagram 1.8 13Metal types 1.8.1 Ferrous metals 13 1.8.2 Alloy steels 16 1.8.3 Non ferrous metals 17 UNIT 2 HEAT TREATMENT PROCESS 2.1 Basic principles of heat treatment 20 2.2 20Hardening 2.3 22Annealing 2.4 25Normalizing 2.5 25Hardening process