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- Micrograph no
- 357
- Brief description
- Pearlitic malleable cast iron
- Keywords
- alloy
, carbon, cast iron
, iron, metal, normalising
- Categories
- Metal or alloy
- System
- Fe-C-X
- Composition
- Fe, C 2.4, Si 1.1, Mn 1.1 (wt%)
- Standard codes
- Reaction
- Processing
- 72 hrs at 900-920 ºC
- Applications
- Sample preparation
- Nital
- Technique
- Reflected light microscopy
- Length bar
- 200 μm
- Further information
- A cast iron with a relatively low carbon content. Upon cooling the austenite transforms to pearlite at the eutectoid temperature, leaving a microstructure of pearlite and graphite.
- 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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