Changing the carbon content of the alloy changes the microstructure of the pearlite and hence the mechanical properties of the alloy. The vertical alloy composition line on the partial phase diagram ...

FOR the sake of simplicity, we shall consider the case of an eutectoid steel ; if the steel is cooled slowly from the austenitic region, a well-known pearlite structure is formed in crossing the A 1 ...

Spheroidizing is a form of heat treatment for iron-based alloys, commonly carbon steels, in order to convert them into ductile and machinable alloys. It is conducted at temperatures that are slightly ...

For the hypereutectoid composition shown by the vertical green bar the material enters the two phase austenite + cementite zone prior to cooling through the eutectoid temperature. While it cools ...