Changing the carbon content of the alloy changes the microstructure of the pearlite and hence the mechanical properties of the alloy. The vertical alloy composition line on the partial phase diagram ...

Pearlite is a phase mixture consisting of alternating platelets ... Martensite does not appear on the phase diagram (figure 1), as it is not an equilibrium phase. The strain energy involved in the ...

The formation of ferrite and iron carbide will start at the austenite grain boundaries and the final pearlite microstructure will have lamella of ferrite and cementite. This is illustrated on the ...