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    The iron-iron carbide (Fe-Fe C) phase diagram: α-ferrite austenite

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    The document discusses the iron-iron carbide (Fe-Fe3C) phase diagram and microstructures in iron-carbon alloys. It explains that the phase diagram shows the different phases of ferrite, austenite, and cementite that form based on carbon concentration and temperature. The phase diagram is useful for determining the composition and amount of each phase that will form in a steel at a given carbon concentration and temperature. The document also describes how alloying elements can shift the eutectoid point and change the carbon concentration where the eutectoid transformation occurs. An example calculation is provided to determine the phases that would form in a steel with 0.4% carbon just below the eutectoid temperature

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    The document discusses the iron-iron carbide (Fe-Fe3C) phase diagram and microstructures in iron-carbon alloys. It explains that the phase diagram shows the different phases of ferrite, austenite, and cementite that form based on carbon concentration and temperature. The phase diagram is useful for determining the composition and amount of each phase that will form in a steel at a given carbon concentration and temperature. The document also describes how alloying elements can shift the eutectoid point and change the carbon concentration where the eutectoid transformation occurs. An example calculation is provided to determine the phases that would form in a steel with 0.4% carbon just below the eutectoid temperature

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    The document discusses the iron-iron carbide (Fe-Fe3C) phase diagram and microstructures in iron-carbon alloys. It explains that the phase diagram shows the different phases of ferrite, austenite, and cementite that form based on carbon concentration and temperature. The phase diagram is useful for determining the composition and amount of each phase that will form in a steel at a given carbon concentration and temperature. The document also describes how alloying elements can shift the eutectoid point and change the carbon concentration where the eutectoid transformation occurs. An example calculation is provided to determine the phases that would form in a steel with 0.4% carbon just below the eutectoid temperature

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    The iron-iron carbide (Fe-Fe3C) phase diagram

    Ferrite- -BCC, low C solubility(0.022%wt), magnetic Austenite--FCC, high C solubility(2.14%wt), nonmagnetic Ferrite--BCC Cementite (Fe3C) Eutectic, peritectic, eutectoid Iron, ferrite (C<0.008wt%) Stainless steel, +Fe3C (0.0082.14wt%)

    Microstructures of iron

    - ferrite

    austenite

    Interstitial sites of FCC

    Interstitial sites of BCC

    Microstructure in iron-carbon alloys


    Eutectic-pearlite

    Hypoeutectoid alloys
    Hypoeutectoid steel: has a carbon concentration less than the eutectoid

    Hypereutectoid alloys
    Hypereutectoid steel: has a carbon content greater than the eutectoid

    Example: Phase Equilibria

    For a 99.6 wt% Fe-0.40 wt% C at a temperature just below the eutectoid, determine the following a) composition of Fe3C and ferrite () b) the amount of carbide (cementite) in grams that forms per 100 g of steel c) the amount of pearlite and proeutectoid ferrite ()

    Phase Equilibria
    Solution: a) composition of Fe3C and ferrite ()
    CO = 0.40 wt% C C = 0.022 wt% C CFe C = 6.70 wt% C
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    b) the amount of carbide (cementite) in grams that forms per 100 g of steel
    Co C Fe3C 1400 = x100 T(C) Fe3C + CFe3C C
    1600

    L
    L+Fe3C

    0.4 0.022 x 100 = 5.7g = 6.7 0.022 Fe3C = 5.7 g = 94.3 g

    1000 800
    727C

    + Fe3C
    R S

    600 400 0 1 2 3

    + Fe3C
    4 5 6

    C CO

    Co , wt% C

    CFe

    6.7
    3C

    Phase Equilibria
    c. the amount of pearlite and proeutectoid ferrite () note: amount of pearlite = amount of just above TE
    Co = 0.40 wt% C C = 0.022 wt% C Cpearlite = C = 0.76 wt% C
    1600

    1200 1000 800

    L+Fe3C

    + Fe3C RS
    727C

    pearlite = 51.2 g proeutectoid = 48.8 g

    600 400 0 1 C C C O 2 3

    + Fe3C
    4 5 6

    6.7

    Co , wt% C
    10

    Fe3C (cementite)

    C C = o x 100 = 51.2 g + C C

    T(C)

    1400

    L +L 1148C (austenite)

    Fe3C (cementite)

    +L 1200 1148C (austenite)

    The influence of other alloying elements

    Teutectoid changes:
    T Eutectoid (C)
    Ti Mo Si W Cr Mn Ni

    Ceutectoid changes:
    C eutectoid (wt%C)

    Ni Cr Si Ti Mo W Mn

    wt. % of alloying elements

    wt. % of alloying elements

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    Review Fe-C phase diagram


    2 important points -Eutectic (A):
    L + Fe3C T(C)
    1600

    1400 1200 1000 800 600

    L Fe3C (cementite) +L (austenite)


    1148C

    A
    +Fe3C

    -Eutectoid (B):
    +Fe3C

    L+Fe3C

    Result: Pearlite = alternating layers of and Fe3C phases

    C eutectoid

    120 m

    400 0 (Fe)

    B
    S

    727C = Teutectoid

    +Fe3C
    4 5 6

    0.76

    4.30 Co, wt% C Fe3C (cementite-hard) (ferrite-soft)

    6.7

    Summary
    Phase diagrams are useful tools to determine:
    --the number and types of phases, --the wt% of each phase, --and the composition of each phase

    for a given T and composition of the system. Alloying to produce a solid solution usually
    --increases the tensile strength (TS) --decreases the ductility.

    Binary eutectics and binary eutectoids allow for a range of microstructures.

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