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Micrograph no
208
Brief description
Normalised low carbon manganese steel, taken transverse to directionality
Keywords
alloy Link to MATTER Glossary entry for alloy, carbon, eutectoid reaction Link to MATTER Glossary entry for eutectoid reaction, iron, metal, pearlite Link to MATTER Glossary entry for pearlite, steel Link to MATTER Glossary entry for steel
Categories
Metal or alloy
System
Fe-C-X   Link to phase diagram
Composition
Fe, C 0.2 (wt%)
Standard codes
Reaction
Processing
Hot worked normalised 1000 ºC
Applications
Sample preparation
Nital
Technique
Reflected light microscopy
Length bar
400 μm
Further information
Low carbon steel with a microstructure consisting mostly of ferrite with the darker pearlite surrounding the lighter ferrite. This sample has been normalised, recrystallising the ferrite. The pearlite is unable to do this and consequently retains its directionality.
Contributor
Dr R F Cochrane
Organisation
Department of Materials, University of Leeds
Date
04/09/02
Licence for re-use
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
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