Question: The temperature-composition diagram for the Ca/Si binary system is shown in Fig. 6.46. (a) Identify eutectics, congruent melting compounds, and incongruent melting compounds. (b) If

The temperature-composition diagram for the Ca/Si binary system is shown in Fig. 6.46. (a) Identify eutectics, congruent melting compounds, and incongruent melting compounds.
(b) If a 20 per cent by atom composition melt of silicon at 1500°C is cooled to 1000°C, what phases (and phase composition) would be at equilibrium? Estimate the relative amounts of each phase.
(c) Describe the equilibrium phases observed when an 80 per cent by atom composition Si melt is cooled to 1030°C. What phases, and relative amounts,
would be at equilibrium at a temperature (i) slightly higher than 1030°C, (ii) slightly lower than 1030°C? Draw a graph of the mole percentages of both Sits) and CaSi2(s) as a function of mole percentage of melt that is freezing at 1030°C.

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a Eutectic 402 at Si at 1268C Eutectic 694 at Si at 1030C Congruent melting compounds CaSi mp 1314C CaSi mp1324C 6C 0C 1300 1100 900 Liquid A B Solid ... View full answer

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