Medium carbon steel, quenched
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DoITPoMS, University of Cambridge
A medium carbon steel that has been quenched producing martensite laths in the microstructure.
System
Fe-C-X
Composition
Fe, C 0.3 (wt%)
Reaction
Processing
Quenched
Applications
Sample preparation
Nital
Technique
Reflected light microscopy
Contributor
Dr R F Cochrane
Organisation
Department of Materials, University of Leeds