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Pub42 Glossary Appendix1 Iron Carbon Diagrams
Pub42 Glossary Appendix1 Iron Carbon Diagrams
Iron-Carbon Diagrams
Schematic iron-carbon diagram .................................................................................................... 1
Iron-carbon phase diagram ........................................................................................................... 2
Iron-carbon constitutional diagram 1............................................................................................ 3
Cooling curve of pure iron diagram.............................................................................................. 4
Solidus-liquidus diagram .............................................................................................................. 5
Iron-ironcarbide diagram .............................................................................................................. 6
Critical temperature: heating versus cooling diagram .................................................................. 7
Alpha-gamma-cementite eutectoid diagram ................................................................................. 8
Iron-carbon constitutional diagram 2............................................................................................ 9
The following iron-carbon diagrams reflect only a small portion of the wide variety of
possible interpretations of iron-carbon alloy types and their relationship to carbon
content, temperature, and cooling rate. See, in particular, the transformation time diagram
in Appendix VII.
Schematic iron-carbon diagram
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Figure 2 Gordon, Robert B. 1996. American Iron, 1607-1900. pg. 252. The Johns Hopkins
University Press. Reprinted with permission of The Johns Hopkins University Press.
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Solidus-liquidus diagram
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Iron-ironcarbide diagram
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Figure 9 Shrager, M. 1961. Elementary Metallurgy and Metalography. NY: Dover. pg. 38. Used with
permission from Dover.
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