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cementite

NOUN
  1. a chemical compound that is a constituent of steel and cast iron; very hard and brittle

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  • The harder pearlite is comprised of alternating thin layers or shells of ferrite and cementite, a very hard substance.
  • Slide 8: Figure 12.3 Electron micrographs of (a) pearlite, (b) bainite, and (c) tempered martensite, illustrating the differences in cementite size and shape among these three microconstituents ( 7500). Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • When cooled slowly below 670 degrees, martensite yields a heterogeneous mixture of pearlite and ferrite (or cementite, if the original mixture contained between 0.8 per cent. and two per cent. of carbon). Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86
  • This cementite is hard (Brinell hardness 600 +), brittle and brilliantly white.
  • T 10 steel with a starting structure of ferrite and spheroidal cementite wasimployed to undergo laser processing.
  • At that moment, in fact, the ferrite, cementite or pearlite which previously existed has lost its identity by everything going into the solid solution called austenite. The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel
  • Perhaps the most familiar structure in steels is that of the eutectoid pearlite, usually a lamellar mixture of ferrite and cementite.
  • When cooled slowly below 670 degrees, martensite yields a heterogeneous mixture of pearlite and ferrite (or cementite, if the original mixture contained between 0.8 per cent. and two per cent. of carbon). Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86
  • It has been shown how the difference in solubility of carbon in austenite and ferrite leads to the familiar ferrite / cementite aggregates in plain carbon steels.
  • At that moment, in fact, the ferrite, cementite or pearlite which previously existed has lost its identity by everything going into the solid solution called austenite. The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel
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