Micrograph 303 and full record
- Micrograph no
- 303
- Brief description
- Fe, C 0.3 (wt%) steel, quenched and tempered
- Keywords
- alloy , carbon, iron, martensite , metal, quenching , steel , tempered, toughness
- Categories
- Metal or alloy
- System
- Fe-C-X
- Composition
- Fe, C 0.3 (wt%)
- Standard codes
- Reaction
- Processing
- Tempered
- Applications
- Sample preparation
- Nital
- Technique
- Reflected light microscopy
- Length bar
- 400 μm
- Further information
- Medium carbon steel quenched to produce martensite and subsequently tempered in order to reduce its hardness and increase toughness.
- Contributor
- Dr R F Cochrane
- Organisation
- Department of Materials, University of Leeds
- Date
- 04/09/02
- Licence for re-use
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
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