Wednesday, 5 June 2013
Isothermal Transformation Diagrams
This type of diagram shows what happens when a steel is held at a constant temperature for a prolonged period. The development of the microstructure with time can be followed by holding small specimens in a lead or salt bath and quenching them one at a time after increasing holding times and measuring the amount of phases formed in the microstructure with the aid of a microscope. An alternative method involves using a single specimen and a dilatometer which records the elongation of the specimen as a function of time. The basis for the dilatometer method is that the microconstituents undergo different volumetric changes (Table 3). A thorough description of the dilatometric method can.
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