COOLING CURVE
Unit -1
Cooling curve
• The solidification of molten metal is plotted as
a graph is called cooling curve.
• X – axis – Time
• Y – axis -Temperature
Types of cooling curve
1. Cooling curve for Pure metal or compound
(liquid , solid)
2. Cooling curve of a binary solution (liquid,
solid ,liquid + solid)
3. Cooling curve of a binary Eutectic system
(liquid, solid ,liquid + solid)
.
1.Cooling curve for Pure metal or
compound
PQ -- Molten Metal Looses Its Temp
Q – Starting Point For Crystal Structure
QR –Latent heat is liberated Temp remains constant
RS – Solid metal formation
CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE DIAGEAMS
TYPES OF EQUILIBRIUM PHASE
DIAGRAM
1. Phase diagrams for complete solid solubility
(Phase diagrams for binary isomorphous alloy
systems)
2. Phase diagrams for partial solid solubility
(Phase diagrams for binary eutectic alloy
systems)
PHASE REACTIONS
• Eutectic reaction
• Peritectic reaction
• Eutectoid reaction
• Peritectoid reaction
Eutectic reaction
Peritectic reaction
Eutectoid reaction
Peritectoid reaction

cooling curve