Micrograph 613 and full record
- Micrograph no
- 613
- Brief description
- Facetted aluminium dendrites
- Keywords
- alloy , aluminium , dendrite , eutectic , facet , facetted dendrite, metal, tin
- Categories
- Metal or alloy
- System
- Al-Sn
- Composition
- Al 15, Sn 85 (wt%)
- Standard codes
- Reaction
- N/A
- Processing
- Applications
- Sample preparation
- Technique
- Reflected light microscopy
- Length bar
- 80 μm
- Further information
- In this system, pro-eutectic aluminium dendrites form with facetted morphologies. Such morphologies are uncommon but are a consequence of the diluteness of the aluminium in the melt. The rest of the melt has solidified as a fine Al-Sn eutectic.
- Contributor
- Prof T W Clyne
- Organisation
- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge
- Date
- 03/10/02
- Licence for re-use
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
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