How to use phase diagrams and the lever rule to understand metal alloys

Interested in learning more? 📚I highly recommend the textbook "Material Science and Engineering" by Callister and Rethwisch which you can get here https://amzn.to/4cn2v8v Metal alloys are used in many everyday applications ranging from cars to coins. By alloying a metal with another element we can control it's properties and microstructure. This video covers the basic concepts in metal alloys, phase diagrams and the lever rule, to help us understand how a materials properties are changed with varying compositions. 00:00 Introduction 00:12 Why is this important? 02:00 The basic building blocks - The periodic table 03:05 Basic concepts 04:12 What is a phase? 05:23 Complete solid solubility 06:42 Equilibrium phase diagrams for complete solid solubility 08:59 Limited solid solubility 10:01 Limited solid solubility example 10:56 Equilibrium phase diagram for limited solid solubility 12:46 Equilibrium microstructures 13:49 The lever rule 16:32 Lever rule derivation 18:08 Phase diagram example 22:07 Summary #PhaseDiagrams #Metals #LeverRule Twitter:   / icbillywu   Personal website: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/bill... Personal website: https://www.billywu.xyz/ About us: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/design-engi...