Austenite vs. Ferrite

Austenitenoun

A solid solution or carbon or ferric carbide in iron that exists in steel at high temperatures.

Austenitenoun

a solid solution of ferric carbide or carbon in iron; - it cools to form pearlite or martensite.

Austenitenoun

a solid solution of ferric carbide or carbon in iron; cools to form pearlite or martensite

Austenite

Austenite, also known as gamma-phase iron (γ-Fe), is a metallic, non-magnetic allotrope of iron or a solid solution of iron, with an alloying element. In plain-carbon steel, austenite exists above the critical eutectoid temperature of 1000 K (727 °C); other alloys of steel have different eutectoid temperatures.

Ferritenoun

The interstitial solid solution of carbon in body-centered cubic iron.

Ferritenoun

Any of a class of metal oxides which show ferrimagnetism; used in transformers, inductors, antennas, recording heads, microwave devices, motors and loudspeakers.

Ferritenoun

(inorganic compound) The anion FeO22-, and any of the salts (formally derived from the unknown ferrous acid) derived from it.

Ferritenoun

a solid solution in which alpha iron is the solvent