Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify the microstructures from an equilibrium cooling phase diagram
- Phase diagram for metal or alloy is obtained from internal or external sources
- Identify number, composition, proportion and structural arrangement of phases in binary alloys.
- Describe structural changes due to varying proportion of alloying elements and temperature.
- Describe the phase changes and final microstructures of binary alloys cooled under equilibrium conditions from the melt or during heat treatment operations.
- Identify the microstructures from a non equilibrium cooling phase diagram
- Identify number, composition, proportion and structural arrangement of phases in binary alloys.
- Describe structural changes due to varying proportion of alloying elements and temperature.
- Describe the phase changes and final microstructures of binary alloys cooled under equilibrium conditions from the melt or during heat treatment operations.
- Recognise characteristic microstructures of binary alloys