The formation of ferrite and iron carbide will start at the austenite grain boundaries and the final pearlite microstructure will have lamella of ferrite and cementite. This is illustrated on the ...

The banded microstructure of pearlite and ferrite in normalized alloy steel is susceptible to thermal distortion during carburizing process due to its unidirectional orientation parallel to rolling ...

However, the microstructure of each zone of weldment varies in shape, size and amount with changing the austempering temperature and holding time. In general, microstructure at 300 °C reveals needle ...

Dimensional stability is also somewhat unstable due to the presence of the graphite. Mechanisms responsible for this include pearlite transforming into ferrite resulting in growth, internal oxidation ...