Problem 4 (12 pts)
Using Figure 9.24, the Fe-C phase diagram has eutectic, eutectoid, and peritectic reactions.
Composition (at% C) 10 15
0 1600 1538
5
20
25
1493°C
1400
L
2500
1394
y+L
1200
1147°C
Austenite Temperature (°C) 1000 912
2.14
4.30
2000 Temperature (°F) 1500
+ FegC
800
727
0.76
0.022 Ferrite
600
+FeC
Cementite (Fe3C)
1000
400
2
3
4 Composition (wt% C)
5
6
6.70
(Fe)
Figure 9.24: The iron-iron carbide phase diagram. [Adapted from Binary Alloy Phase Diagrams, 2nd edition, Vol. 1, T.B. Massalski (Editor-in-Chief), 1990. Reprinted by permission of ASM International, Materials Park, OH.]
(a) (6 pts) Write out these three reactions and specify the eutectic, eutectoid, and peritectic temperatures and compositions.
(b) (6 pts) Sketch the eutectic, eutectoid, and peritectic microstructures that exist just below the respective reaction temperatures.