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Pearlite
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1970-01-01
Pearlite
is
a
two-phase
microstructure
found in
steel
and other
alloys
, composed of alternating lamellar (layered) layers of ferrite (α-
iron
) and
cementite
(Fe₃C). It forms during the slow cooling of austenitic
steel
(
a
high-
temperature
phase) and is typically observed in low-
carbon
steels
.
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