Ayman M.

Mangangarig (PERFORMANCE TASK 1) General Chemistry 2

12 – STEM A Balulang, Cagayan de Oro City

Definition: Facts and/or Characteristics:

A cooling curve of a substance is a graph of the variation of the The cooling curve of a solidifying alloy can be informative, usually
COOLING CURVE
temperature with time as it is allowed to cool. The gradient of the cooling in several ways. This is a potentially large subject, and although useful for
curve is related to the heat capacity, the thermal conductivity of the many alloys (particularly cast irons), we shall deal only with Al alloys as
substance, and the external temperature. an example of features that can be observed. The cooling curve of
temperature T versus time t shows the undercooling that is necessary to
give the driving force to nucleate the alpha-Al dendrites.

Examples: Non-examples:

Melting, boiling point are not examples of cooling curve.