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Micrograph no
219
Brief description
Low carbon steel from wood screw thread.
Keywords
alloy Link to MATTER Glossary entry for alloy, carbon, iron, metal, steel Link to MATTER Glossary entry for steel
Categories
Metal or alloy
System
Fe-C-X   Link to phase diagram
Composition
Fe, C very low (wt%)
Standard codes
Reaction
Processing
Rolled
Applications
Sample preparation
Nital
Technique
Reflected light microscopy
Length bar
800 μm
Further information
Low carbon steel. The resulting microstructure is therefore virtually all of the ferrite phase, since upon reaching the eutectoid temperature virtually all of the austenite will have transformed to ferrite. This sample is taken from the thread of a wood screw, some directionality is observable due to the shaping of the item.
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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