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Introduction to Steels
Processing, Properties, and
Applications

P. C. Angelo
B. Ravisankar
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Contents

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Author Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

1 Iron-Carbon Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 Iron-Carbon Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2 Slow Cooling of Eutectoid Composition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.3 Slow Cooling of Hypoeutectoid Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.4 Slow Cooling of Hypereutectoid Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2 Heat Treatment of Steels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.1 Annealing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.2 Normalizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.3 Hardening. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.4 Hardenability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.5 Tempering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.6 Martempering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.7 Austempering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.8 Ausforming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.9 Isoforming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.10 Precipitation Heat Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3 Surface Hardening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.1 Case Hardening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.2 Chemical Surface Hardening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4 Plain Carbon Steels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.1 Low Carbon (or) Mild Steels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.2 Medium Carbon Steels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4.3 High Carbon Steels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4.4 Applications as Engineering Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5 Effect of Alloying Elements in Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
5.1 Effect of Alloying Elements on Iron Carbon Diagram . . . . . . . 35
5.2 Ferrite Stabilizers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
5.3 Austenite Stabilizers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
5.4 Neutral Stabilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
5.5 Effect of Various Elements as Dissolved in Ferrite
Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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5.6 Effect of Various Elements as Carbides in Ferrite/

Austenite Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
5.7 Summary of Carbides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
5.8 Dispersed Metallic Particles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
5.9 Nonmetallic Inclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
5.10 Intermetallic Compounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
5.11 Alloy Distribution in Austenite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
5.12 Effect of Alloying Elements on Hardening. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
5.13 Effect of Alloying Elements on Hardenability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
5.14 Effect of Alloying Elements on Tempering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
6 Low Alloy Steels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
6.1 Plain Carbon Steels (1XXX Series) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
6.2 Nickel Steels (2XXX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
6.3 Nickel-Chromium Steels (3XXX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
6.4 Molybdenum Steels (4XXX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
6.5 Chromium Steels (5XXX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
6.6 Vanadium Steels (6XXX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
6.7 Tungsten Steels (7XXX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
6.8 Triple Alloy Steels (8XXX and 9XXX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
6.9 Silicon Steels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
6.10 Boron Steels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
6.11 Interstitial Free Steels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
6.12 Applications as Engineering Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
7 High Strength Steels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
7.1 Definition and Need of High Strength Steels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
7.2 Types and Problems in Developing High Strength
Steels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
7.3 Metallurgy of High Strength Steels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
7.4 Applications Particularly for Automotives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
8 High Alloy Steels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
8.1 Maraging Steels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
8.2 Stainless Steels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
8.3 Tool Steels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
9 Selection of Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
9.1 Tools Used for Selection of Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
9.2 Systemized Selection of Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
9.3 Case Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
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Subjective Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Objective questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Bibliography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
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Preface

Steel is adapting itself to emerging structural standards and conditions.

From 1778, when the first iron bridge was built, to the present, steel is the
most commonly used material for various applications. Steel is appropriate
to most critical requirements by the addition of alloying elements and by
suitable heat treatment. Steels are also most suitable for manufacturing by
forming, welding, casting, and machining. There are several standard
books that deal with the metallurgy of steel but they are meant for
metallurgical engineers and are not suitable for engineers from other
disciplines including mechanical, production, electrical, electronics, and
aeronautical engineering students. It is to fulfill this requirement that
Introduction to Steel: Processing, Properties, and Applications has been written.
It will also be useful for practicing engineers. We also expect the book to
satisfy the needs of students preparing for competitive exams.
This book consists of nine chapters covering most of the important types
of steels and their physical metallurgy, microstructure, and engineering
applications. Chapter 1 introduces the iron-carbon diagram and discusses
the importance and interpretation of it as well as the resultant microstruc-
ture under equilibrium conditions with respect to carbon content. The
effect of nonequilibrium cooling (heat treatment) on properties and meth-
odology of heat treatment are discussed in Chapter 2. The most important
surface hardening methods and methodology are described in Chapter 3.
Chapter 4 deals with the various plain carbon steels and their heat treat-
ment as well as important applications as engineering material. The effect
of alloying elements on phase stability, microstructure, and properties are
discussed in Chapter 5. The properties and applications of steel with low
amounts of alloying elements are described in Chapter 6. High-strength
steels are discussed in Chapter 7, in particular their applications for
specialized uses in automobiles and aerospace. Chapter 8 covers high
alloy steels – in particular maraging steels, stainless steels, and tool
steels – describing their special uses in various applications. The basic
techniques of the selection of material illustrated through case studies are
included in Chapter 9. In addition, the book contains both subjective and
objective questions as an aid to students preparing for semester-end and
competitive exams.
This book is based on our many years of teaching undergraduate and
postgraduate students of various engineering disciplines. It is our fond
hope that the present book will serve as a textbook for courses in engineer-
ing and also as a useful reference book for practicing engineers. We look
forward to receiving your valuable response and suggestions.

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Author Bios

P.C. Angelo, PhD, is internationally renowned in the fields of Powder

Metallurgy, Materials Characterisation for over 40 years. He has taught,
researched, and published extensively in the areas of optical emission
spectroscopy, optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence,
electron probe microanalysis, scanning electron microscopy, and scanning
Auger microprobe. Dr. Angelo began his career in 1962 as a scientist at the
Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), Hyderabad, India,
one of the laboratories of Defence Research and Development Organiza-
tion (DRDO), Government of India, New Delhi. After 35 years of service he
retired from DRDO and joined PSG College of Technology in the Depart-
ment of Metallurgical Engineering and worked as Director, Metal Testing
and Research Centre and as Professor and Dean for 20 years and retired in
2017. His books Powder Metallurgy: Science, Technology and Applications,
Materials Characterisation, and Non Ferrous Alloys have been well received
as textbooks by numerous institutions. Presently, he is Visiting Professor at
PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

Dr. B. Ravisankar, Professor, Department of Metallurgical and Materials

Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, has more
than 25 years of teaching-cum-research experience. He has contributed
a chapter on Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP) to the Handbook of
Mechanical Nanostructuring. He also published a book on Non Ferrous
Alloys.

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1
Iron-Carbon Diagram

1.0 Introduction
Steel is frequently the “gold-standard” even among the emerging struc-
tural materials. Steels have numerous uses. Steel is used more than any
other metal for producing alloys. In 1778 the first iron bridge was built. In
1788, iron water pipe lines were laid. In 1818 the first steel ship was
launched. In 1889 Gustav Eiffel, a French engineer, built the Eiffel Tower
with steel. Eiffel’s contemporaries thought that his 300-meter latticed
structure would prove too fragile to last. But Eiffel argued that his creation
would stand at least for a quarter of a century. Even today the Eiffel
Tower – the true landmark of Paris – is intact and attracting visitors from
all over the world.
Steel is a moving standard, since regular and exciting discoveries are
being made. This makes steel to remain the most successful and cost-effective
of all materials ever. Major reason for the overwhelming dominance of steel is
the variety of microstructures and properties that can be generated by solid-
state transformation and processing. Therefore, in studying advanced steels,
it is useful to discuss, first the nature and behavior of pure iron, then the iron-
carbon alloys, and finally the complexities that arise when further solutes are
added.
At least four allotropes of iron occur naturally in bulk form: body-
centred cubic (bcc, α and δ, ferrite), face-centred cubic (fcc, γ, austenite)
and hexagonal close packed (hcp, ε). As molten iron cools past its freezing
point of 1538°C, it crystallizes into a body-centered cubic (bcc) δ allotrope.
As it cools further to 1394°C, it changes into a face-centered cubic (fcc) γ-
iron allotrope known as austenite. At 912°C and below, the crystal struc-
ture again becomes bcc α-iron allotrope, or ferrite. At pressures above
approximately 10 GPa and temperatures of a few hundred Kelvin or less,
α-iron changes into a hexagonal close-packed (hcp) structure that is also
known as ε-iron; the higher-temperature γ-phase also changes into ε-iron,
but does so at still higher pressure. The phase diagram for pure iron is
illustrated in Figure 1.1.

1
2 Introduction to Steels

FIGURE 1.1
The phase diagram for pure iron

The phase β in the alphabetical sequence α, β, γ, δ … is missing because

the magnetic transition in ferrite was at one time incorrectly thought to be
the β allotrope of iron. In fact, there are magnetic transitions in all
allotropes of iron.
Some controversial experimental evidence exists for a fifth natural allo-
trope of iron in the core of the earth, where the pressure reaches some
three million times that at the surface and where the temperature is
estimated to be about 6000°C. The core of the earth is predominantly iron,
and consists of a solid inner core surrounded by a liquid outer core.
Knowledge of the core is uncertain, but it has been suggested that the
crystal structure of the solid core may be an orthorhombic or double hcp,
also denoted as β (not to be confused with β named for magnetic transition
for ferrite). Calculations that assume pure iron, indicate that the ε iron
remains the most stable under inner-core conditions. These high-pressure
phases of iron are of no practical importance, but are important as the end
member models for the solid parts of planetary cores.
Pure iron (99.99%) is not an easy material to produce and also, iron of
high purity is extremely weak; the resolved shear stress of a single
crystal of iron at room temperature is as low as 10 MPa, while the
yield stress of a polycrystalline sample of iron at the same temperature
is well below 50 MPa and has a hardness of 20–30 Brinell. But pure iron
has nevertheless been made with a total impurity content of less than
Iron-Carbon Diagram 3

60 parts per million (ppm), of which 10 ppm is accounted for by non-

metallic impurities such as carbon, oxygen, sulfur and phosphorus, with
the remainder representing metallic impurities. With the controlled
amount of nonmetallic impurities especially carbon (between 0.002%
and 2.1%) produces steel that may be up to 1000 times harder than
pure iron. Maximum hardness of 65 HRc is achieved with 0.6% carbon
content. The possibility of achieving a variety of microstructure due to
the allotropic behavior of iron, good workability (deformability) due to
the softness of iron and the strength achieved due to carbon, make the
steel suitable for a wide variety of applications. Steel is an enigma as it
rusts easily, yet it is the most important of all metals. Steel is 90% of all
metals being refined today as steel is useful in terms of its mechanical,
physical and chemical properties.
It is well known that steel is an interstitial solid solution (alloy) of iron
and carbon and it is more often referred to as a metal and while with
subsequent addition of other solutes it is called as alloy steel, though it is
a misnomer. Alloy steels are by far the most common industrial metals as
they have a great range of desirable properties. Steel, with smaller carbon
content than pig iron (about 4 wt.% C) but more than wrought iron (almost
a pure iron), was first produced in antiquity by using a bloomery. By 1000
BCE, blacksmiths in Luristan in western Persia were making good steel.
The improved versions such as Wootz steel by India and Damascus steel
were developed around 300 BCE. These methods were specialized, and so
steel did not become a major commodity until 1850s. New methods of
producing it by carburizing bars of iron in the cementation process were
devised in the 17th century. In the Industrial Revolution, new methods of
producing bar iron without charcoal were devised and these were later
applied to produce steel. In the late 1850s, Henry Bessemer invented a new
steelmaking process, involving blowing air through molten pig iron, to
produce mild steel. This made steel much more economical, thereby
leading to wrought iron being no longer produced in large quantities.
Carbon steels are least expensive of all metals while stainless steels are
costly.

1.1 Iron-Carbon Diagram

Of all the binary alloy systems, the one that is possibly the most important
is iron and carbon. Both steels and cast irons, primary structural materials
in every technologically advanced culture, are essentially iron–carbon
alloys. This section deals with the study of the phase diagram and the
solidification and development of several of the possible microstructures in
iron-carbon alloys.
4 Introduction to Steels

Iron–carbon phase diagram is presented in Figure 1.2. Pure iron, upon

heating, experiences two changes in crystal structure before it melts. At
room temperature the stable form, called alpha ferrite, or iron, has a BCC
crystal structure. Ferrite experiences a polymorphic transformation to FCC
austenite, or iron, at 912°C. This austenite persists up to 1394°C; at that
temperature the FCC austenite reverts back to a BCC phase known as delta
ferrite that finally melts at 1538°C. All these changes are shown along the
left vertical axis of the phase diagram.
The composition axis in Figure 1.2 extends only to 6.70 % C as at
this concentration the intermediate compound iron carbide, or cementite
(Fe3C), is formed that is represented by a vertical line on the phase
diagram. Thus, the iron-carbon system may be divided into two parts: an
iron-rich portion, as in Figure 1.2; and the other (not shown) for composi-
tions between 6.70 and 100% C (pure graphite). In practice, all steels and
cast irons have carbon contents less than 6.70% C and therefore, only the
iron–iron carbide system is considered. Figure 1.2 should be more appro-
priately labeled as Fe–Fe3C phase diagram, as Fe3C is now considered to
be a component. Convention and convenience dictate that composition be

1600
1538°C
1493°C
γ
γ
γ L Pearlite
1400 δ γ Fe3C
γ
γ
1394°C γ+L γ Fe3C
Fe3C
A4 γ

1200
1147°C
Temperature (°C)

2.14 4.30
γ γ γ1 Austenite
γ γ
1000 γ + Fe3C
ACM Austenite ledeburite Cementite and
γ γ 912°C and cementite ledeburite

γ γ α A3
800 α A1
A2 +
γ γ γ 727°C

γ γ 0.76
0.022
600 α + Fe3C
α1 Ferrite
Pearlite
Pearlite and Pearlite and Cementite, pearlite and Cementite (Fe3C)
Fe3C Ferrite Cementite transformed ledeburite
Proeutecto-d α
Eutecto-d α 400
0 Hypo
1 2 3 4 5 6 6.7
Hyper eutectoid
(Fe) eutectoid Composition (wt% C)
STEEL CAST IRON
γ γ
γ γ
Fe3C

FIGURE 1.2
Iron-carbon (iron-iron carbide) phase diagram
Iron-Carbon Diagram 5

expressed in “wt% C” rather than “wt% Fe3C”; 6.70 wt% C corresponds to

100 wt% Fe3C. In this book, all percentages refer only to wt% unless
otherwise mentioned.
Carbon is an interstitial impurity in iron and forms a solid solution with
ferrites, and also with austenite, as indicated in Figure 1.2. In the BCC
ferrite, only small concentrations of carbon are soluble; the maximum
solubility is 0.022% at 727°C. The limited solubility is explained by the
shape and size of the BCC interstitial positions that make it difficult to
accommodate the carbon atoms. Even though present in relatively low
concentrations, carbon significantly influences the mechanical properties of
ferrite. This particular iron–carbon phase is relatively soft, may be made
magnetic at temperatures below 768°C. Figure 1.3 (a) is a photomicrograph
of ferrite.
The austenite, or gamma phase of iron, which is nonmagnetic, when
alloyed with just carbon, is not stable below 727°C, as indicated in Figure
1.2. The maximum solubility of 2.14% carbon in austenite, occurs at 1147°C.
This solubility is approximately 100 times greater than the maximum for
BCC ferrite, as the FCC interstitial positions are larger, and therefore, the
strains imposed on the surrounding iron atoms are much lower. Also the
phase transformations involving austenite are very important in the heat
treating of steels. Figure 1.3 (b) shows a photomicrograph of austenite phase.
The delta ferrite is virtually the same as alpha ferrite, except for the
range of temperatures over which each exists. Because the delta ferrite is
stable only at relatively high temperatures, it is of no technological impor-
tance and hence is not discussed further.
Cementite (Fe3C) forms when the solubility limit of carbon in ferrite is
exceeded below 727°C (for compositions within the Fe3C phase region). As

FIGURE 1.3
Photomicrograph of (a) ferrite and (b) austenite
6 Introduction to Steels

indicated in Figure 1.2, Fe3C will also coexist with the phase between 727
and 1147°C. Cementite is very hard and brittle; the strength of some steels
is greatly enhanced by its presence. Strictly speaking, cementite is only
metastable; that is, it will remain as a compound indefinitely at room
temperature. But if heated to between 650 and 700°C for several years, it
will gradually change or transform into iron and carbon in the form of
graphite that will remain upon subsequent cooling to room temperature.
Thus, the phase diagram in Figure 1.2 is not a true equilibrium one
because cementite is not an equilibrium compound. However, in as much
as the decomposition rate of cementite is extremely sluggish, virtually all
the carbon in steel will be as Fe3C instead of graphite, and the iron–iron
carbide phase diagram is, for all practical purposes, valid.
According to the iron-carbon diagram, alloys with less than 2% carbon
are known as steels and alloys with more than 2% carbon are cast irons.
There are three invariant (phase) reactions occurring in the iron-carbon
system:

(i) A peritectic reaction at 1493°C at 0.16% carbon

delta ferrite + Liquid ↔ austenite

(0.08%C) (0.5%C) (0.18%C)
This reaction is of minor importance in steels although it has some
importance in welding of austenitic stainless steels, which will be dis-
cussed later in this book.

(ii) The second one is the eutectic reaction, at 4.30% C and 1147°C;

Liquid ↔ austenite + cementite

(4.3%C) (2%C) (6.67%C)
Subsequent cooling to room temperature will promote additional phase
changes. This reaction has significant impact in cast irons. The eutectic
mixture is also called as ledeburite.

(iii) The third is eutectoid invariant reaction at a composition of 0.76%C

at a temperature of 727°C.

Austenite ↔ ferrite + cementite

(0.76%C) (0.025%C) (6.67%C)

The eutectoid phase changes are very important, being fundamental to the
heat treatment of steels, as explained in subsequent discussions. The
eutectoid mixture is called pearlite.
Although a steel alloy may contain as much as 2.0%C, in practice, carbon
concentrations rarely exceed 1.0%.
Iron-Carbon Diagram 7

Various microstructures that develop depend on both the carbon content

and heat treatment (cooling rate and pattern). Initially, the discussion is
confined to very slow cooling of steel alloys, in which equilibrium is
continuously maintained. A more detailed exploration of the influence of
heat treatment on microstructure, and ultimately on the mechanical prop-
erties of steels, is discussed subsequently.

1.2 Slow Cooling of Eutectoid Composition

Phase changes that occur upon passing from the austenite region into the
ferrite + cementite phase field are relatively complex. An alloy of eutectoid
composition cooled from a temperature within the austenite phase region,
above eutectoid temperature (Figure 1.4) and moving down the vertical
line R is initially composed entirely of the austenite phase having
a composition of 0.76%C and Figure 1.4 shows the corresponding micro-
structure. As the alloy is cooled, no changes will occur until the eutectoid
temperature (727°C) is reached. Upon crossing this temperature to point E,
the austenite transforms into ferrite and cementite (eutectoid reaction).
The microstructure for eutectoid steel that is slowly cooled through the
eutectoid temperature consists of alternating layers or lamellae of the two

FIGURE 1.4
Microstructure developed during slow cooling of various steels
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