Example datasets

Granta EduPack contains example datasets and tools to help you visualize difficult concepts or illustrate the effects of various processes on material properties.

Phase Diagram Tool

The Phase Diagram Tool is a series of interactive phase diagrams designed to help you learn about phase diagrams and phase transformations. The interactive diagrams are supported by a glossary and a data table of examples.

The tool is accessed from the Materials Science and Engineering database homepage, and has the following sections:


Section	Description
Phase Diagram glossary	The glossary consists of three binary (two component) phase diagrams. Click the tabs to switch between them. Hover the mouse over the gray, rectangular labels to see a definition of the labelled part.
Lever Rule	The Lever Rule diagram is an interactive, annotated phase diagram with illustrations of the alloy's phase. Mouse over the diagram to begin. Hover the mouse over different parts of the diagram to see the lever rule calculations at different temperatures.
Phases	The Phases section consists of three binary (two component) phase diagrams, with illustrations of each phase at the atomic level. Click the tabs to switch between them. Hover the mouse over a section of the diagram to see the arrangement of atoms for that phase.
Cooling paths	The Cooling paths section consists of three binary (two component) phase diagrams, with annotated and illustrated cooling paths. Click the tabs to switch between them. Hover the mouse over one of the circles on a cooling path (dashed gray lines) to view the annotation and illustration. Most illustrations are static images, but some are GIFs, represented by larger circles.
Phase diagram datatable	You can use this section to test your knowledge, or as a reference. Each example in the table contains a phase diagram, a short description, and links to relevant records elsewhere in Granta EduPack. Tip: You can also Browse to these records by selecting the Phase Diagrams table.

The Phase Diagram Tool is based on the "Teach Yourself: Phase Diagrams and Phase Transformations" booklet by Hugh Shercliff and Mike Ashby.

Property-Process Profiles

Property-process datasets allow you to visualize the effects of processes such as sintering and solid solution strengthening on the properties of example materials.

You can also plot property-process data in a chart by selecting a property-process profile before creating a chart.