Micrograph 495 and full record
- Micrograph no
- 495
- Brief description
- Cu 90, Sn 10 (wt%) bronze, as cast
- Keywords
- alloy , bronze , copper, dendrite , metal, tin
- Categories
- Metal or alloy
- System
- Cu-Sn
- Composition
- Cu 90, Sn 10 (wt%)
- Standard codes
- Reaction
- Processing
- Cast
- Applications
- Sample preparation
- Ferric chloride
- Technique
- Reflected light microscopy
- Length bar
- 200 μm
- Further information
- An 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) of the primary phase. Subsequently the secondary phase forms from the enriched melt between the dendrites.
- 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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