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PEACOCK TAIL MICROSTRUCTURE

This awardedmicrograph posted 13 November, 2009 - 16:00 by Pankhuri Sinha


Material (Name/Designation/Grade): 
Pearlitic steel.
Material Condition (Heat treatment/Service history/Source): 
no working done.
Chemical Composition: 
C
0.8
Fe
99.2
Chemical Composition (Phases/Compounds): 
Metallographic Preparation
Etchant: 
4% Nital
Special Techniques: 
Imaging Details
Device: 
Scanning Electron Microscope
Mode: 
Secondary electrons
Magnification: 
1000
Special Techniques: 
not used
Image Uploaded By
Name: 
Pankhuri Sinha
Email Id: 
pankhuri@nmlindia.org
Morphological Features
Lamellar structure of ferrite and cemntite.
References
S.K. Das, National Metallurgical Laboratory(CSIR),India, was awarded at NMD-ATM, 1990.
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