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The iron-iron carbide (Fe-Fe C) phase diagram: α-ferrite austenite

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The iron-iron carbide (Fe-Fe3C) phase diagram

Ferrite- -BCC, low C solubility(0.022%wt), magnetic Austenite--FCC, high C solubility(2.14%wt), nonmagnetic Ferrite--BCC Cementite (Fe3C) Eutectic, peritectic, eutectoid Iron, ferrite (C<0.008wt%) Stainless steel, +Fe3C (0.0082.14wt%)

Microstructures of iron

- ferrite

austenite

Interstitial sites of FCC

Interstitial sites of BCC

Microstructure in iron-carbon alloys


Eutectic-pearlite

Hypoeutectoid alloys
Hypoeutectoid steel: has a carbon concentration less than the eutectoid

Hypereutectoid alloys
Hypereutectoid steel: has a carbon content greater than the eutectoid

Example: Phase Equilibria

For a 99.6 wt% Fe-0.40 wt% C at a temperature just below the eutectoid, determine the following a) composition of Fe3C and ferrite () b) the amount of carbide (cementite) in grams that forms per 100 g of steel c) the amount of pearlite and proeutectoid ferrite ()

Phase Equilibria
Solution: a) composition of Fe3C and ferrite ()
CO = 0.40 wt% C C = 0.022 wt% C CFe C = 6.70 wt% C
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b) the amount of carbide (cementite) in grams that forms per 100 g of steel
Co C Fe3C 1400 = x100 T(C) Fe3C + CFe3C C
1600

L
L+Fe3C

0.4 0.022 x 100 = 5.7g = 6.7 0.022 Fe3C = 5.7 g = 94.3 g

1000 800
727C

+ Fe3C
R S

600 400 0 1 2 3

+ Fe3C
4 5 6

C CO

Co , wt% C

CFe

6.7
3C

Phase Equilibria
c. the amount of pearlite and proeutectoid ferrite () note: amount of pearlite = amount of just above TE
Co = 0.40 wt% C C = 0.022 wt% C Cpearlite = C = 0.76 wt% C
1600

1200 1000 800

L+Fe3C

+ Fe3C RS
727C

pearlite = 51.2 g proeutectoid = 48.8 g

600 400 0 1 C C C O 2 3

+ Fe3C
4 5 6

6.7

Co , wt% C
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Fe3C (cementite)

C C = o x 100 = 51.2 g + C C

T(C)

1400

L +L 1148C (austenite)

Fe3C (cementite)

+L 1200 1148C (austenite)

The influence of other alloying elements

Teutectoid changes:
T Eutectoid (C)
Ti Mo Si W Cr Mn Ni

Ceutectoid changes:
C eutectoid (wt%C)

Ni Cr Si Ti Mo W Mn

wt. % of alloying elements

wt. % of alloying elements

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Review Fe-C phase diagram


2 important points -Eutectic (A):
L + Fe3C T(C)
1600

1400 1200 1000 800 600

L Fe3C (cementite) +L (austenite)


1148C

A
+Fe3C

-Eutectoid (B):
+Fe3C

L+Fe3C

Result: Pearlite = alternating layers of and Fe3C phases

C eutectoid

120 m

400 0 (Fe)

B
S

727C = Teutectoid

+Fe3C
4 5 6

0.76

4.30 Co, wt% C Fe3C (cementite-hard) (ferrite-soft)

6.7

Summary
Phase diagrams are useful tools to determine:
--the number and types of phases, --the wt% of each phase, --and the composition of each phase

for a given T and composition of the system. Alloying to produce a solid solution usually
--increases the tensile strength (TS) --decreases the ductility.

Binary eutectics and binary eutectoids allow for a range of microstructures.

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