IRON-CARBON DIAGRAM

A.R.SHANAWAS
 PURE IRON
• Soft and Ductile material
• Melding Point-1539°C
• Allotropic Material (Lattice Structure
B.C.C&F.C.C)
 Iron Structure Change at Different Temp.
◦ Normal room temp.--
α-ferrite(B.C.C),magnetic
◦ At 768°C --- non-magnetic(curie point)
◦ At 910°C----γ-ferrite(F.C.C),
non-magnetic(austenetic)
◦ At 1400°C---- δ-Ferrite(F.C.C), magnetic
◦ Above 1539°C---liquid
 Iron-Carbon system
• Alloy with C up to 2%----Steel
• Alloy with C above 2%--- Cast iron
• Iron----0.008% or less
• Hypo eutectoid steel--- 0.008% to 0.8% C
• Hyper eutectoid steel--- 0.8% to 2% C
• Eutectoid steel --- 0.83% C
• Hypo eutectoid cast iron ---- 2 to4.3% C
• Hyper eutectoid cast iron --- above 4.3%
 Slow Cooling
Austenite
↓
Ferrite
↓
Pearlite
(ferrite + cementite)
 Medium & Fast Cooling
Medium Cooling:
Austenite
↓
Bainite
Fast Cooling:
Austenite
↓
Martensite