Given that the rate of diffusion of nickel in iron is very much greater in the liquid state than in the solid state, what effect should this have on the ease of obtaining an equilibrium microstructure (i.e., one that is homogeneous) when an alloy containing the peritectic composition 4.5 percent nickel is cooled through the peritectic temperature?

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