Binary Alloy Phase Diagrams. V. 2 -

In the mid-20th century, engineers were often "flying blind" when mixing metals. Information on how copper interacted with tin, or iron with carbon, was scattered across thousands of obscure academic journals, often with conflicting data. The mission of Massalski’s team at the —detailed in the ASM International archives—was to create a definitive, "solid" map for every possible pair of elements. Volume 2: The Heart of the Periodic Table

While Volume 1 began the alphabet, (spanning roughly G through P) contains some of the most industrially critical "relationships" in human history: Binary alloy phase diagrams. V. 2

The line above which everything is melted and chaotic. In the mid-20th century, engineers were often "flying

Here is the story behind this monumental technical achievement: The Quest for a Universal Map In the mid-20th century