14. General information on diagram presentation

14.1 Diagram classification

Diagrams are arranged in alphabetical order by the symbol of the first element in alphabetical order among the elements making up the alloy: then, for a given element, in alphabetical order by the symbol of the second element.

However, in the diagrams, the base element of the most frequently encountered industrial alloys has generally been placed on the left.

Most of the diagrams are drawn at atmospheric pressure. When they include a gaseous component, the pressure is sometimes different and has been indicated in the text. The effects of an increase in pressure on phase equilibrium diagrams have...