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Micrograph 331 and full record

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Micrograph no
331
Brief description
Near eutectoid steel, quenched to produce martensite
Keywords
alloy Link to MATTER Glossary entry for alloy, carbon, iron, martensite Link to MATTER Glossary entry for martensite, metal, quenching Link to MATTER Glossary entry for quenching, steel Link to MATTER Glossary entry for steel, tempered
Categories
Metal or alloy
System
Fe-C-X   Link to phase diagram
Composition
Fe, C 0.86 (wt%)
Standard codes
Reaction
Processing
Quench
Applications
Sample preparation
Nital
Technique
Reflected light microscopy
Length bar
100 μm
Further information
Near eutectoid steel that has been quenched to form martensite.
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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