Question

You want to produce a casting of sterling silver that is silver plus 13 atomic% copper. Pure silver is too soft for many applications and adding 13 atomic% copper strengthens the silver without significantly changing the color. To produce the sterling silver casting, you are going to melt commercially available pure silver and copper in a furnace, and then you will pour the liquid metal mixture into a mold. The following questions relate to this alloy. (a) In selecting a furnace, what must be the minimum value of the high-temperature capability of your selected furnace

Answer 1

1085° C

Step-by-step explanation:

From the phase diagram of Ag-Cu shown below:

The minimum value of the high-temp required to be selected for the furnace is: 1085° C

This is on the grounds that the furnace should be chosen to such an extent that it should melt any sort of possible material including pure Cu that melts and liquefies at the temperature of 1085° C.