Question: Use the copper - silver ( C u - A g ) binary eutectic phase diagram shown in Figure 1 to answer the following. (

Use the copper-silver (Cu-Ag) binary eutectic phase diagram shown in Figure 1 to answer the following.
(a) State the maximum solubility and the temperature that it occurs of:
(i)Cu in Ag
(ii)Ag in Cu
(4 marks)
(b) Consider an alloy consisting of 88wt%Ag-12wt%Cu at a temperature of 800C.
(i) State the phases present.
(ii) Give the chemical composition of each phase.
(iii) Calculate the fraction of each phase.
(8 marks)
(c) If 500g of a 40wt%Ag-60wt%Cu alloy is slowly cooled from 1000C to immediately below 780C :
(i) How many grams of alpha and beta are present?
(ii) What is the mass of copper and the mass of silver in the beta phase?
(iii) How many grams of the eutectic structure are present?
(iv) How many grams of alpha are present in the eutectic structure?
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 Use the copper-silver (Cu-Ag) binary eutectic phase diagram shown in Figure

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