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Material Science
Dr.S.Jose
Professor, Dept of Mechanical Engg.,
TKM College of Engineering, Kollam
Module II
Diffusion in crystals
Theory of Alloys
Equilibrium Diagrams
Iron Carbon Phase diagram
TTT Diagram
Heat Treatment
Recovery, Recrystallisation & Grain
Growth
2
Allotropes of Iron
Fe – Fe3C
Phase Diagram
Five individual phases
a–ferrite (BCC) Fe-C solid solution
Pearlite
Hypoeutectoid steel
Proeutectoid
Ferrite
Pearlite
Microstructure of 0.38 wt% C
hypoeutectoid steel
Hypereutectoid steel
Pearlite
Proeutectoid
cementite
Microstructure of 1.4 wt% C
hypereutectoid steel
Eutectoid Hypoeutectoid Hypereutectoid
steel steel steel
a+Fe3C a+Fe3C a+Fe3C
Pearlite Pearlite + Pearlite +
proeutectoid ferrite proeutectoid
cementite
Phase vs. Microconstituents