Chemistry — Phase: Cu-Zn (brass)
A simplified copper–zinc (brass) phase diagram.
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title "Cu-Zn (brass), simplified"
type binary
basis weight
component A "Cu" melting 1085
component B "Zn" melting 420
// The first of the five peritectics in brass: alpha + liquid -> beta at
// 37 wt% Zn and 903 C. The zinc-rich end carries four more that this
// schematic does not attempt.
peritectic 0.37 903
region "Liquid" at (0.5, 0.94) color teal
region "alpha (Cu-rich)" at (0.12, 0.45) color blue
region "beta (brass)" at (0.48, 0.42) color amber
region "alpha + beta" at (0.32, 0.16) color purple