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Austenite

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Austenite, also known as gamma-phase iron (γ-Fe), is a metallic, non-magnetic allotrope of iron or a solid solution of iron, with an alloying element. [1]

41 relations: Allotropes of iron, Alloy, Alloy steel, Bainite, Black body, Black-body radiation, Blacksmith, Carbide, Carbon steel, Cast iron, Cementite, Chromium, Color temperature, Cubic crystal system, Curie temperature, Diamond cubic, Diffusionless transformation, Eutectic system, Ferromagnetism, Gamma loop, Hardness, Heat treating, Iron, Manganese, Martensite, Metal, Molybdenum, Nickel, Paramagnetism, Pearlite, Phase diagram, Phase transition, Silicon, Solid solution, Stainless steel, Steel, Tempering (metallurgy), Tetragonal crystal system, Tungsten, Ultimate tensile strength, William Chandler Roberts-Austen.

Allotropes of iron

Iron represents perhaps the best-known example for allotropy in a metal.

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Alloy

An alloy is a combination of metals or of a metal and another element.

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Alloy steel

Alloy steel is steel that is alloyed with a variety of elements in total amounts between 1.0% and 50% by weight to improve its mechanical properties.

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Bainite

Bainite is a plate-like microstructure that forms in steels at temperatures of 125–550 °C (depending on alloy content).

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Black body

A black body is an idealized physical body that absorbs all incident electromagnetic radiation, regardless of frequency or angle of incidence.

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Black-body radiation

Black-body radiation is the thermal electromagnetic radiation within or surrounding a body in thermodynamic equilibrium with its environment, or emitted by a black body (an opaque and non-reflective body).

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Blacksmith

A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects from wrought iron or steel by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. whitesmith).

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Carbide

In chemistry, a carbide is a compound composed of carbon and a less electronegative element.

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Carbon steel

Carbon steel is a steel with carbon content up to 2.1% by weight.

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Cast iron

Cast iron is a group of iron-carbon alloys with a carbon content greater than 2%.

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Cementite

Cementite (or iron carbide) is a compound of iron and carbon, more precisely an intermediate transition metal carbide with the formula Fe3C.

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Chromium

Chromium is a chemical element with symbol Cr and atomic number 24.

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Color temperature

The color temperature of a light source is the temperature of an ideal black-body radiator that radiates light of a color comparable to that of the light source.

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Cubic crystal system

In crystallography, the cubic (or isometric) crystal system is a crystal system where the unit cell is in the shape of a cube.

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Curie temperature

In physics and materials science, the Curie temperature (TC), or Curie point, is the temperature above which certain materials lose their permanent magnetic properties, to be replaced by induced magnetism.

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Diamond cubic

The diamond cubic crystal structure is a repeating pattern of 8 atoms that certain materials may adopt as they solidify.

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Diffusionless transformation

A diffusionless transformation is a phase change that occurs without the long-range diffusion of atoms but rather by some form of cooperative, homogeneous movement of many atoms that results in a change in crystal structure.

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Eutectic system

A eutectic system from the Greek "ευ" (eu.

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Ferromagnetism

Ferromagnetism is the basic mechanism by which certain materials (such as iron) form permanent magnets, or are attracted to magnets.

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Gamma loop

A Gamma loop is a loop about alloys of steel.

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Hardness

Hardness is a measure of the resistance to localized plastic deformation induced by either mechanical indentation or abrasion.

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Heat treating

Heat treating (or heat treatment) is a group of industrial and metalworking processes used to alter the physical, and sometimes chemical, properties of a material.

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Iron

Iron is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from ferrum) and atomic number 26.

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Manganese

Manganese is a chemical element with symbol Mn and atomic number 25.

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Martensite

Martensite, named after the German metallurgist Adolf Martens (1850–1914), most commonly refers to a very hard form of steel crystalline structure, but it can also refer to any crystal structure that is formed by diffusionless transformation.

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Metal

A metal (from Greek μέταλλον métallon, "mine, quarry, metal") is a material (an element, compound, or alloy) that is typically hard when in solid state, opaque, shiny, and has good electrical and thermal conductivity.

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Molybdenum

Molybdenum is a chemical element with symbol Mo and atomic number 42.

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Nickel

Nickel is a chemical element with symbol Ni and atomic number 28.

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Paramagnetism

Paramagnetism is a form of magnetism whereby certain materials are weakly attracted by an externally applied magnetic field, and form internal, induced magnetic fields in the direction of the applied magnetic field.

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Pearlite

Pearlite is a two-phased, lamellar (or layered) structure composed of alternating layers of ferrite (88 wt%) and cementite (12 wt%) that occurs in some steels and cast irons.

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Phase diagram

A phase diagram in physical chemistry, engineering, mineralogy, and materials science is a type of chart used to show conditions (pressure, temperature, volume, etc.) at which thermodynamically distinct phases occur and coexist at equilibrium.

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Phase transition

The term phase transition (or phase change) is most commonly used to describe transitions between solid, liquid and gaseous states of matter, and, in rare cases, plasma.

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Silicon

Silicon is a chemical element with symbol Si and atomic number 14.

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Solid solution

A solid solution is a solid-state solution of one or more solutes in a solvent.

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Stainless steel

In metallurgy, stainless steel, also known as inox steel or inox from French inoxydable (inoxidizable), is a steel alloy with a minimum of 10.5% chromium content by mass.

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Steel

Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon and other elements.

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Tempering (metallurgy)

Tempering is a process of heat treating, which is used to increase the toughness of iron-based alloys.

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Tetragonal crystal system

In crystallography, the tetragonal crystal system is one of the 7 crystal systems.

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Tungsten

Tungsten, or wolfram, is a chemical element with symbol W (referring to wolfram) and atomic number 74.

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Ultimate tensile strength

Ultimate tensile strength (UTS), often shortened to tensile strength (TS), ultimate strength, or Ftu within equations, is the capacity of a material or structure to withstand loads tending to elongate, as opposed to compressive strength, which withstands loads tending to reduce size.

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William Chandler Roberts-Austen

Sir William Chandler Roberts-Austen KCB, (3 March 1843 in Kennington – 22 November 1902, London), was an English metallurgist noted for his research on the physical properties of metals and their alloys.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austenite

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