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- Micrograph no
- 9
- Brief description
- Bi 80, Cd 20 (wt%), hypereutectic alloy
- Keywords
- alloy , bismuth, cadmium, dendrite , facet , hypereutectic , metal
- Categories
- Metal or alloy
- System
- Bi-Cd
- Composition
- Bi 80, Cd 20 (wt%)
- Standard codes
- Reaction
- Processing
- Slowly cooled from liquid
- Applications
- Sample preparation
- Etched in alcoholic FeCl3
- Technique
- Reflected light microscopy
- Length bar
- 80 μm
- Further information
- The high proportion of Bi in this sample results in predominantly Bi dendrites with some interdendritic eutectic. The primary Bi dendrites are strongly facetted (white blocks) indicating the importance of crystallographic orientation upon growth.
- Contributor
- Prof T W Clyne
- Organisation
- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge
- Date
- 25/10/01
- Licence for re-use
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
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