Transcript phases

Phase Diagrams
melting / production process / alloying (strength, Tm...)
heat treatment
material properties
microstructure
system (e.g. Cu-Ni)
components (pure substances or compounds)
phases (uniform physical/chemical characteristic)
solid solution – solvent + solute
solubility limit=> precipitation
pure materials – 2 phases: liquid + solid
Phase Equilibria G=min
Gibbs free energy:
G=H-TS
=f(T,c,p)
=min
internal energy
entropy
(bonding enthalpy)
(disorder of molecules
entropy of mixing)
metastable
stable
Phase Equilibrium
melting point Tm
G
solid
liquid
T
phase composition <=> G minimization
Cu-x%Ni Phase Diagram (p=const)
isomorphous
phase composition
=f (T,c)
liquid phase
Gibbs phase rule
F=K-P+2
(F degrees of freedom
depends on number
of components K and
number of phases P)
liquid+
solid phase
solid phase
Cu
Ni
Equilibrium Cooling
first solid nuclei
two-phase solidification
polycrystalline solid
Cu
%Ni
Amounts W
Phase Composition
WSolid=Wa:
length of tie line
from CL to Co
divided by
length of tie line
tie line
100% liquid
%Ni
Non-Equilibrium Cooling
first solid nuclei
concentration changes in
solid AND liquid phase
required!!
by diffusion
Ni concentration in
solid nuclei remains
high:
low Dsolid
segregation
Diffusion
flux
1 dN
J
A dt
c
cs
t3
t1
t2
x
A
steady state diffusion
dc
J  D
dx
c
x
Non-Steady-State Diffusion
Ficks‘s 2nd Law
c
 2c
D 2
t
x
solution (c(0)=0):
c
c x 
 x 
 1  erf 

cs
 2 Dt 
cs
diffusion coefficient:
 QD 
D  D0 exp 

 RT 
t1
t2
erf ( z ) 
t3
x
2

z
 exp zdz
0
Binary Eutectic Phase Diagrams (Pb-Sn)
liquid phase
a and b
solid solution
solid phase
limited
solubility
Pb
%Sn
eutectic reaction
a(18.3%Sn) +b (97.8%Sn )
Lamellar Eutectic Microstructure
Tm, similar to pure components, but: two phases!!
Sub-Eutectic Microstructure
lead-rich
a phase
eutectic:
white b
dark a
Microstructural Examination Metallography
preparation of cross section
-cutting
-grinding (SiC paper)
-polishing (e.g. 1µm diamond suspension)
-etching (selective chemical attack of grains/grain boundaries)
optical microscopy
electron microscopy (transmission (TEM) or scanning (SEM))
Metallography (SEM)
detector
secondary electrons
electron beam
specimen
Binary Eutectic Phase Diagrams
a phase
solvus line:
precipitation
of b phase
Pb
%Sn
Intermetallic Phases/Compounds
(e.g. ceramics)
CaZr4O9
The Iron-Carbon Phase Diagram
peritectic subsystem
bcc d ferrite
fcc g austenite
eutectic system
Fe3C precipitation
eutectoid subsystem
ferrite precipitation
bcc a ferrite
Steel
Cast Ironcementite Fe3C
Hypoeutectoid Steels (CC<0.76%)
( hypereutectoid)
Ck45
Cc=0.45%
dark
pearlite:
lamellae
of Fe3C and
ferrite
light
a ferrite
Hypoeutectoid Steels (CC<0.76%)
( hypereutectoid)
Ck15
Cc=0.15%
dark
pearlite:
light
a ferrite