Micrograph 437 and full record
- Micrograph no
- 437
- Brief description
- Cu, Sn 20 (wt%) bronze, exhibiting dendritic solidification
- Keywords
- alloy , bronze , copper, dendrite , metal, tin
- Categories
- Metal or alloy
- System
- Cu-Sn
- Composition
- Cu 80, Sn 20 (wt%)
- Standard codes
- Reaction
- Processing
- Cast, annealed 530 ºC, waterquenched
- Applications
- Sample preparation
- Ferric chloride
- Technique
- Reflected light microscopy
- Length bar
- 800 μm
- Further information
- A good example of dendritic solidification, which occurs when the solidification front becomes unstable with respect to small perturbations. This results in the growth of the perturbations, producing dendrites (from the Greek for tree). The variation in colour across the micrograph indicates that the cooling was sufficiently rapid to prevent solid state diffusion and hence a concentration variation. This phenomena is known as coring.
- Contributor
- Dr R F Cochrane
- Organisation
- Department of Materials, University of Leeds
- Date
- 04/09/02
- Licence for re-use
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
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