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Peritectic-Beta — Cu-Sn
- Alloy System
- Cu-Sn
- Invariant Point Or Boundary
- Peritectic Beta
- Component 1 Name
- Sn
- Component 2 Name
- Cu
- Composition 1 Wt Pct (wt%)
- 25.5
- Engineering Significance
- Beta Is BCC; Difficult to Retain Due to Slow diffusion; Decomposes During Cooling
- Phase Alpha
- Alpha Fcc
- Phase Beta
- Beta
- Phase Description
- Peritectic: Liquid + Alpha -> Beta at 798°C
- Reaction Type
- Peritectic
- Temperature C (C)
- 798