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    The microstructure of plain carbon and low alloy steels initially consists of austenite grains upon solidification. During cooling after solidification, a peritectic transformation occurs followed by a solid-state transformation that largely conceals the original cast structure. The austenite then transforms into different combinations of ferrite, pearlite, cementite, and bainite depending on the steel's composition and cooling rate, with high alloy steels possibly retaining austenite at room temperature. Peritectic reactions in directionally solidified high-speed steel proceed in three stages where austenite transforms into ferrite and liquid.

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    The microstructure of plain carbon and low alloy steels initially consists of austenite grains upon solidification. During cooling after solidification, a peritectic transformation occurs followed by a solid-state transformation that largely conceals the original cast structure. The austenite then transforms into different combinations of ferrite, pearlite, cementite, and bainite depending on the steel's composition and cooling rate, with high alloy steels possibly retaining austenite at room temperature. Peritectic reactions in directionally solidified high-speed steel proceed in three stages where austenite transforms into ferrite and liquid.

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    The microstructure of plain carbon and low alloy steels initially consists of austenite grains upon solidification. During cooling after solidification, a peritectic transformation occurs followed by a solid-state transformation that largely conceals the original cast structure. The austenite then transforms into different combinations of ferrite, pearlite, cementite, and bainite depending on the steel's composition and cooling rate, with high alloy steels possibly retaining austenite at room temperature. Peritectic reactions in directionally solidified high-speed steel proceed in three stages where austenite transforms into ferrite and liquid.

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    Microstructure of Steel For plain carbon and low alloy steels the solidification structure consists of austenite grains.

    However, during cooling to room temperature after solidification, a peritectic and then solid-state transformation occur that almost entirely conceal the original as-cast structure. For carbon steel, the austenite transforms into ferrite and pearlite if the composition is hypoeutectoid and into cementite and pearlite for hypereutectoid steel. Depending on cooling rate and composition, low-alloy steels can have various microstructures consisting of different forms and combinations of pearlite, bainite, martensite, cementite, and ferrite. Highalloy steels may have an austenite structure even after cooling to room temperature.

    Three stages of peritectic reaction in a directionally solidified high-speed steel. (a) First-stage structure. Dark gray is austenite; white is ferrite. The mottled structure is quenched liquid. (b) Subsequent peritectic transformation of (a). (c) Further peritectic transformation of (b). Dark gray in the middle of the white ferrite is newly formed liquid. Source: ASM Handbook, Vol. 9, Metallography and Microstructures, 2004, p 100

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