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 ...

The interstitial alloy between carbon and iron has a complex phase diagram. A compound, Fe 3 C with the fixed composition Fe-6.7 wt % C bounds one end of this diagram and pure iron the other end. Pure ...

S. W. J. Smith, J. Guild, A Thermomagnetic Study of the Eutectoid Transition Point of Carbon Steels, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a ...

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 ...

This article was originally published with the title “Special Properties of Eutectoid Steel” in SA Supplements Vol. 85 No. 2202supp (March 1918), p. 176 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican03161918 ...