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Micrograph 783 and full record

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Micrograph no
783
Brief description
Austempered ductile cast iron
Keywords
alloy Link to MATTER Glossary entry for alloy, austempering Link to MATTER Glossary entry for austempering, carbon, cast iron Link to MATTER Glossary entry for cast iron, copper, ductile Link to MATTER Glossary entry for ductile, ferrite Link to MATTER Glossary entry for ferrite, graphite Link to MATTER Glossary entry for graphite, iron, manganese, metal, molybdenum, pearlite Link to MATTER Glossary entry for pearlite, silicon Link to MATTER Glossary entry for silicon
Categories
Metal or alloy
System
Fe-C-X   Link to phase diagram
Composition
Fe, C 3.52, Si 2.51, Mn 0.49, Mo 0.15, Cu 0.31 (wt%)
Standard codes
Reaction
Processing
As cast
Applications
Sample preparation
Etchant: Nital 2%
Technique
Reflected light microscopy
Length bar
100 μm
Further information
Ductile iron as-cast. Nodules of graphite, pearlite (dark islands) and ferrite (light background).

Source: http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/phase-trans/2001/adi/cast.iron.html.
Contributor
Dr M A Yescas-Gonzalez
Organisation
Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge
Date
18/07/03
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