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 (Ks^−1)	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