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Micrograph 737 and full record

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Micrograph no
737
Brief description
Dual-phase steel water quenched from 800°C
Keywords
alloy Link to MATTER Glossary entry for alloy, dual-phase steel, metal
Categories
Metal or alloy
System
Fe-C-X   Link to phase diagram
Composition
Fe, C 0.15, Mn 1.5, Si 1.5 (wt%)
Standard codes
Reaction
Processing
Annealed at 800°C for 5 mins and then water quenched to room temperature.
Applications
Sample preparation
Sample mounted in bakelite and observed along the sample rolling direction. Etched first with 4% Picral and then with 10% aqueous sodium metabisulfite solution.
Technique
Reflected light microscopy
Length bar
6 μm
Further information
The steel sample with composition same as above was quenched from 800°C. The microstructure shows higher volume fraction of martensite. The martensite is appearing as the same straw-coloured entities. The straw tint is not influenced either by martensite size or its C-content. The retained austenite is appearing as bright white fine particles associated mostly with martensite.
Contributor
Dr Amar K De
Organisation
ASPPRC, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, Colorado School of Mines
Date
22/04/03
Licence for re-use
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
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