2. UNIT I --CONSTITUTION OF ALLOYS
• Constitution of alloys – Solid solutions,
substitutional and interstitial – phase
diagrams, Lever rule, Isomorphous, eutectic,
eutectoid, peritectic and peritectoid reactions,
Iron – Iron carbon equilibrium diagram –
Classification of steels and cast irons,
microstructure, properties and applications –
Ferrite and austenite stabilizers.
6. HUME ROTHERY’S RULES
• The solute and solvent follows the following
general rules:
1. Size factor (similar size)
2. Crystal structure(same crystal structure)
3. Valence (same valence)
4. Electronegativity (approximately same electro
negativity)
7. TYPES OF SOLID SOLUTIONS
1. Substitutional solid solutions
(mixture of two elements, substitute for a
parent element)
a) Random b)Ordered
2.Interstital solid solutions
(the solute atom fit in to the space between
solvent and parent atom)