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A deeper understanding of the diverse properties of iron and various steels is gained by inspecting the iron-carbon phase diagram. Actually, for the present purposes only the portion up to 6.67% C is of interest; see Figure 8.1.
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Hummel, R.E. (1998). Iron and Steel. In: Understanding Materials Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2972-6_8
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