Micrograph 327 and full record
- Micrograph no
- 327
- Brief description
- Low alloy medium carbon steel, isothermally transformed
- Keywords
- alloy , carbon, iron, martensite , metal, quenching , steel , tempered
- Categories
- Metal or alloy
- System
- Fe-C-X
- Composition
- Fe, C 0.4, Ni 1.3, Cr 0.65, Mo 0.65 (wt%)
- Standard codes
- BS 640M40, formerly En 111
- Reaction
- Processing
- isothermal trans. 350ºC, 40wt
- Applications
- Sample preparation
- Nital
- Technique
- Reflected light microscopy
- Length bar
- 100 μm
- Further information
- A low alloy medium carbon steel that has been quenched producing martensite laths in the microstructure. A subsequent isothermal transformation serves to temper the steel and hence reduce the hardness of the metal.
- 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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