The liquidus curves of the ternary system: - Aluminium-copper-tin

Abstract

The study of the constitution of alloys is of great theroetical interest, and the practical use of the knowledge so obtained can scarcely be over-estimated; in fact, it may be said, that the heat-treatment of a given series of alloys cannot be correctly accomplished an accurate knowledge of the structural changes which occurs which occur with varying temperature and concentration. So much work has been done on this subject, that we are now in possession of accurate data for a large number of the alloys containing only two metals, but with the exception of Mons. Charpy's classical work on the lead-tin-bismuth alloys, comparatively little work has been published on mixtures of three or more metals. This is not surprising when we consider the increased analytical and experimental difficulties, and also the possible number of alloys in a series containing three elements.