Using the TTT diagram for eutectoid steel, draw the specified cooling path on the diagram. Indicate what phases you expect in the final product with percentage of each phase. Assume the material has been fully austenitized before cooling. a. Water cool to room temperature b. Hot quench in molten salt to 690°C and then cooled isothermally for 2 hours: c. Hot quench to 610°C hold 3 minutes and water quench

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Using the TTT diagram for eutectoid steel, draw the specified cooling path on the diagram.

Indicate what phases you expect in the final product with percentage of each phase. Assume the material has been fully austenitized before cooling.

a. Water cool to room temperature

b. Hot quench in molten salt to 690°C and then cooled isothermally for 2 hours:

c. Hot quench to 610°C hold 3 minutes and water quench

 

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