Teach Yourself Phase Diagrams

The Iron-Carbon Phase Diagram

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• Introduction
• 1. The eutectoid reaction
• 2. Eutectoid microstructure
• 3. The hypo-eutectoid microstructure

The hypo-eutectoid microstructure

Below is a microscope image showing grains of ferrite and pearlite.

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