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Interstitial solid solution applies to carbon in α-iron. The
carbon atom is small enough to fit with some strain in the
interstice (or opening) among adjacent Fe atoms in this
important steel structure. [This unit-cell structure can be
compared with that shown in Figure 3.4b.]

But the interstitial solubility is quite low since the size mismatch of the site to the radius of a carbon
atom is only about 1/4
Refractarios
Siderurgía
Diagrama Fases Acero - FeC
DIAGRAMA HIERRO CARBONO
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DIAGRAMA Fe -C

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DIAGRAMA HIERRO CARBONO
The Five Most Important Three-Phase Reactions
in Binary Phase Diagrams

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DIAGRAMA HIERRO CARBONO
Eutectoid Hypoutectoid Hypereutectoid
steel steel steel
+Fe3C +Fe3C +Fe3C
Pearlite Pearlite + Pearlite +
proeutectoid ferrite proeutectoid
cementite
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 Fe-C Phase Diagram
:Pure Iron
Upon heating pure iron experiences 2
changes in crystal structure:

At room temperature it exists as ferrite

(Fe-,BCC structure)

At 912C a polymorphic transformation

occurs: ferrite → austenite (Fe-,FCC
structure)

At 1394C austenite transforms to a BCC

phase called  ferrite.
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DIAGRAMA Fe-C

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, , , Fe3C
DIAGRAMA HIERRO CARBONO
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 Fe-Cementite diagram Eutectic
L →  + Fe3C
Peritectic L
L+→ 1493ºC

L+
 1147ºC
2.06

Eutectoid  + Fe3C
 →  + Fe3C
723ºC

0.025
T →

Fe Fe3C
0.8 4.3 6.7
RT~0.008 0.16
%C →
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DIAGRAMA HIERRO CARBONO
DIAGRAMA HIERRO CARBONO
 

 + Fe3C


+

  + Fe3C

Eutectoid
T →

 →  + Fe3C
Fe
0.02 0.8
%C →
Eutectoid Steel
Tamaño de grano, perlita
 Cooling

C1 C2 C3

 + Fe3C


+

  + Fe3C

Eutectoid
T →

 →  + Fe3C
Fe
0.02 0.8
%C →
 C1

Pearlite a microconstituent
C1 C2 C3

Grain boundary
C2

 Fe3C

C3
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Acero hipereutectoide 1,2 % C
:Iron-Carbon (Fe-C) Phase Diagram
• Pure iron: 3 solid
phases
– BCC ferrite ()
– FCC Austenite ()
– BCC 
• Beyond 6.7% C
cementite (Fe3C)
• Eutectic: 4.3% C
– L   + Fe3C
– (L  solid + solid)
• Eutectoid: 0.8% C
–    + Fe3C
– (solid  solid +
solid)
.Part of the Fe-C phase diagram

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 Fe-C Phase Diagram: Eutectoid Point
Schematic
representation of the
microstructures for
an iron-carbon alloy
of eutectoid Pearlite
composition above microstructure:
and below the Just below the
eutectoid eutectoid point
temperature.

Schematic
representation of the
formation of pearlite
from austenite;
direction of carbon
diffusion indicated by
arrows

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Eutectoid Point: calculations

• Just below the eutectoid point:

• W = (6.7-0.8)/(6.7-0.02) = 88%

• WFe3C = (0.8-0.02)/(6.7-0.02) = 12%

Hypoecutectoid Line a-e; Cool From a to d.
.Hypoecutectoid Line a-e; Cool From a to d
:Hypoeutectoid Steel

Proeutectoid prime):
 phase formed at T > Teutectoid
 m 10

This is the image of two-phase structure (alpha-Fe + Pearlite)

formed in Fe-0.4wt%C alloy
:Hypereutectoid Steel
• Steel : Fe-1wt%C
This secondary electron SEM image shows the cementite
delineating prior austenite grain boundaries with a thin layer.
The majority of the area being taken by the pearlite eutectoid. Each
pearlite cell has a different orientation; the dark phase is a ferrite
phase.
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phase diagram.
The effect of 6%
manganese on the

portion of the Fe-Fe3C

stability ranges of the
phases in the eutectoid