Chemistry — Phase: magnesium–zinc
A eutectic system forming the MgZn2 intermetallic.
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title "Magnesium-zinc"
type binary
basis weight
component A "Mg" melting 650
component B "Zn" melting 420
// The Mg-rich eutectic, Mg + MgZn2 at 51 wt% Zn and 340 C. The Zn-rich
// half of this system carries further intermetallics this schematic
// does not attempt.
eutectic 0.51 340
region "Liquid" at (0.5, 0.94) color teal
region "Mg + liquid" at (0.24, 0.50) color amber
region "Zn + liquid" at (0.78, 0.42) color amber
region "Eutectic + MgZn2" at (0.5, 0.14) color purple