The Al-Si phase diagram is a straightforward, classic example of a eutectic system where each element has little, if any solubility in the other. Aluminum melts at 660.452 °C while silicon melts at 1414 °C. The diagram, from Murray and McAlister (Vol. 8, Metals Handbook, 8th ed., 1973, p. 263), shows the eutectic at 12.6 wt. % Si