Description

The purpose of this lab was to study lead-tin phase equilibrium. This was accomplished by mixing different amounts of lead and tin, heating them to about 800˚F and then letting them cool exposed to air. Once the cooling process had begun, the temperature was recorded every 5 seconds, until the temperature went below 200˚F. The data was then used to generate cooling curves for the different composition alloys. The temperatures at which the slopes of the cooling curves changed were then plotted on the phase-equilibrium diagram