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Austenite, also known as gamma-phase iron (γ-Fe), is a metallic, non-magnetic allotrope of iron or a solid solution of iron with an alloying element. [1] In plain-carbon steel , austenite exists above the critical eutectoid temperature of 1000 K (727 °C); other alloys of steel have different eutectoid temperatures.
The primary phase of low-carbon or mild steel and most cast irons at room temperature is ferromagnetic α-Fe. [8] [9] It has a hardness of approximately 80 Brinell. [10] [11] The maximum solubility of carbon is about 0.02 wt% at 727 °C (1,341 °F) and 0.001% at 0 °C (32 °F). [12] When it dissolves in iron, carbon atoms occupy interstitial ...
TTT diagram of isothermal transformations of a hypoeutectoid carbon steel; showing the main components obtained when cooling the steel and its relation with the Fe-C phase diagram of carbon steels. Austenite is slightly undercooled when quenched below Eutectoid temperature. When given more time, stable microconstituents can form: ferrite and ...
Austenite is gamma-phase iron (γ-Fe), a solid solution of iron and alloying elements. As a result of the quenching, the face-centered cubic austenite transforms to a highly strained body-centered tetragonal form called martensite that is supersaturated with carbon. The shear deformations that result produce a large number of dislocations ...
The iron-carbon phase diagram. While cementite is thermodynamically unstable, eventually being converted to austenite (low carbon level) and graphite (high carbon level) at higher temperatures, it does not decompose on heating at temperatures below the eutectoid temperature (723 °C) on the metastable iron-carbon phase diagram.
English: Iron–carbon phase diagram, at atmospheric pressure This diagram is limited by pure iron on the left and by iron carbide on the right. The mains phases are: iron: ferrite, ferritic steel; iron: austenite, austenitic steel; iron carbide: cementite, Fe3C.
1.4310 X10CrNi18-8 301 0.10 17.5 NS: 8 NS: 1420 For springs 1.4301 X5CrNi18-10 304 < 0.07 18.5 NS: 9 NS: 1450 A very common austenitic stainless steel grade 1.4307 X2CrNi18-9 304L < 0.030 18.5 NS: 9 NS: 1450 Similar to the above but not susceptible to intergranular corrosion thanks to a lower C content. 1.4305 X8CrNiS18-9 e: 303 < 0.10 18 NS: 9 ...
The specific cooling rate that is necessary to avoid the formation of pearlite is a product of the chemistry of the austenite phase and thus the alloy being processed. The actual cooling rate is a product of both the quench severity, which is influenced by quench media, agitation, load (quenchant ratio, etc.), and the thickness and geometry of ...