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Micrograph 358 and full record

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Micrograph no
358
Brief description
White cast iron, annealed to precipitate out carbon
Keywords
alloy Link to MATTER Glossary entry for alloy, carbon, cast iron Link to MATTER Glossary entry for cast iron, iron, metal, normalising Link to MATTER Glossary entry for normalising
Categories
Metal or alloy
System
Fe-C-X   Link to phase diagram
Composition
Fe, C 2.4, Si 1.1, Mn 1.1 (wt%)
Standard codes
Reaction
Processing
J5 annealed 60 hrs at 900-20 ºC
Applications
Sample preparation
Nital
Technique
Reflected light microscopy
Length bar
800 μm
Further information
A cast iron with a relatively low carbon content. The sample has been normalised at 900 ºC for 72 hours. This causes the carbon in the pearlite to precipitate out, leaving graphite in a ferritic matrix.
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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