Research Article
Microsegregation and Solidification Shrinkage of Copper-Lead Base Alloys
Table 2
Liquidus and monotectic temperatures for the investigated alloys as determined from the cooling curves.
| Alloy | Cooling rate (K) | Liquidus temp. (K) | Monotectic temp. (K) | Volume fraction of primary phase (%) |
| Cu-5Pb | 0.16 | 1330–1332 | 1218–1221 | 96.9 ± 0.1 | Cu-5Sn-5Pb | 0.16 | 1292-1293 | 1151–1154 | 79.6 ± 0.5 | Cu-5Sn-5Zn-5Pb | 0.16 | 1271 | 1161-1162 | 78.4 ± 0.6 |
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