
temperature and the overall carbon content of
the steel.
12-35 A steel is heated until 85% austenite, with a
carbon content of 1.05%, forms. Estimate the
temperature and the overall carbon content of
the steel.
Section 12-10 Controlling the Eutectoid
Reaction
12-36 Why are the distances between lamellae formed
in an eutectoid reaction typically separated by
distances smaller than those formed in eutectic
reactions?
12-37 Compare the interlamellar spacing and the yield
strength when an eutectoid steel is isothermally
transformed to pearlite at
(a) 700
C, and
(b) 600
C.
12-38 Why is it that a eutectoid steel exhibits di¤erent
yield strengths and % elongations, depending
upon if it was cooled slowly or relatively fast?
12-39 What is a TTT diagram?
12-40 Sketch and label clearly di¤erent parts of a TTT
diagram for a plain-carbon steel with 0.77%
carbon.
12-41 On the TTT diagram what is the di¤erence be-
tween the g and g
u
phases?
12-42 How is it that bainite and pearlite do not appear
in the Fe-Fe
3
C diagram? Are these phases or
microconstituents?
12-43 Why is it that we cannot make use of TTT dia-
grams for describing heat treatment profiles in
which samples are getting cooled over a period
of time (i.e., why are TTT diagrams suitable for
only following isothermal transformations)?
12-44 What is bainite? Why do steels containing bain-
ite exhibit higher levels of toughness?
12-45 An isothermally transformed eutectoid steel is
found to have a yield strength of 410 MPa. Es-
timate
(a) the transformation temperature, and
(b) the interlamellar spacing in the pearlite.
12-46 Determine the required transformation temper-
ature and microconstituent if an eutectoid steel
is to have the following hardness values:
(a) HRC 38 (b) HRC 42
(c) HRC 48 (d) HRC 52
12-47 Describe the hardness and microstructure in an
eutectoid steel that has been heated to 800
C for
1 h, quenched to 350
C and held for 750 s, and
finally quenched to room temperature.
12-48 Describe the hardness and microstructure in an
eutectoid steel that has been heated to 800
C,
quenched to 650
C, held for 500 s, and finally
quenched to room temperature.
12-49 Describe the hardness and microstructure in an
eutectoid steel that has been heated to 800
C,
quenched to 300
C and held for 10 s, and finally
quenched to room temperature.
12-50 Describe the hardness and microstructure in an
eutectoid steel that has been heated to 800
C,
quenched to 300
C and held for 10 s, quenched
to room temperature, and then reheated to
400
C before finally cooling to room temper-
ature again.
12-51 A steel containing 0.3% C is heated to various
temperatures above the eutectoid temperature,
held for 1 h, and then quenched to room tem-
perature. Using Figure 12-28, determine the
amount, composition, and hardness of any
martensite that forms when the heating temper-
ature is:
(a) 728
C (b) 750
C
(c) 790
C (d) 850
C
Section 12-11 The Martensitic Reaction and
Tempering
12-52 What is the di¤erence between solid-state phase
transformations such as the eutectoid reaction
and the martensitic phase transformation?
12-53 What is the di¤erence between isothermal and
athermal transformations?
Figure 12-28 The eutectoid portion of the Fe-Fe
3
C
phase diagram (for Problems 12-51, 12-56, 12-57,
and 12-58).
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