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pearlite

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noun
a lamellar mixture of cementite and ferrite formed during the cooling of austenite; a constituent of steel and cast iron
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eutectoid steel a steel that contains 0.9% carbon (the eutectic point); a carbon steel with 0.9% carbon is pure pearlite
austenite a solid solution of ferric carbide or carbon in iron; cools to form pearlite or martensite
martensite a solid solution of carbon in alpha-iron that is formed when steel is cooled so rapidly that the change from austenite to pearlite is suppressed; responsible for the hardness of quenched steel