42 carbon steel phase diagram
Fig 1 Iron carbon phase diagram. C is an interstitial impurity in Fe. It forms a solid solution with alpha, gamma and delta phases of iron. Maximum solubility of C in alpha iron is 0.025 % at 727 deg C. Body centred cubic (BCC) iron has relatively small interstitial positions. Maximum solubility of C in the face centred cubic (FCC) gamma iron ... In their simplest form, steels are alloys of Iron (Fe) and Carbon (C). The Fe-C phase diagram is shown below, up to around 7% Carbon. Low carbon steels - Hypo-eutectoid steels The Fe-C phase diagram provides temperature-composition map of where the two phases (austenite and ferrite) occur. It also indicates where mixtures of these two phases can be expected. The Fe- C phase diagram is shown in Fig 2. In pure iron, austenite transforms to ferrite on cooling to 912 deg C. Carbon steel phase diagram