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 Eutectic alloys are a type of alloy in which the component metals exhibit limited solid solubility. Two metals A & B, which are completely insoluble in each other, are considered as a eutectic alloy. Some grains are solely composed of metal A and some are solely of metal B.

One of these types of eutectic alloys is the Silver-Copper system.
This system has 3 phases:
1. Liquid phase
2. Alpha phase - Silver rich phase with small amounts of copper atoms.
3. Beta phase - Copper rich phase with small amounts of silver atoms.
- A eutectic alloy used in amalgams have 71.9% of silver and 28.1% of copper.		 
 
 
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