A study of the constitution and structure of all steels and irons must first start with the iron-carbon equilibrium diagram. Many of the basic features of this system (Fig ... in cast irons (2 4 wt% C ...

The interstitial alloy between carbon and iron has a complex phase diagram. A compound, Fe 3 C with the fixed composition Fe-6.7 wt ... and between 1394 and its melting point at 1538 C it returns to ...