A number of metallic alloys display phase separation between two coherent phases. This paper will describe how to characterize the dynamic evolution of a metallic solid solution quenched inside a miscibility gap. The combination of various measurement techniques allows one to obtain complementary informations on the progress of unmixing; their interpretation will be discussed in the light of theories. The morphology will depend on properties of the phases them selves (eg. : ordered phase), on the volume fractions, on size effects which introduce an anisotropy and modify the location of the coherent miscibility.