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The rule used to determine the relative amounts of phases in a two-phase region of a binary phase diagram is the:

1. Gibbs phase rule
2. Rule of mixtures
3. Lever rule
4. Hume-Rothery rule

Answer

C. Lever rule

Solution

Fraction of phase = opposite lever arm / total tie-line length.

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