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21-Mat-B6 Ceramic Materials: December 2013

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  1. Question 1 Micrograph of a Hypoeutectoid Steel — Phase Identification, Formation, and Carbon Content
  2. Question 2 Preferred Nucleation Sites for Austenite Formation During Heating
  3. Question 3 Question III: Constructing a CCT Curve, and Why Its Lower ("Bainite") Portion Is Usually Incomplete
  4. Question 4 Hardenability, Temper Embrittlement, and the Carbon-Dependence of Martensite Hardness
  5. Question 5 Driving Forces and the Micro-Mechanism of Martensite Formation
  6. Question 6 Modern Automotive Sheet Steels — TRIP, DP, IF and HSLA
  7. Question 7 Question VII: Ductility of Cast Irons

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Reference texts: Reed-Hill & Abbaschian, Physical Metallurgy Principles, 4th ed.; Callister & Rethwisch, Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction, 10th ed.; ASM Handbook, Vol. 4, Heat Treating; Porter, Easterling & Sherif, Phase Transformations in Metals and Alloys, 3rd ed.; Krauss, Steels: Processing, Structure, and Performance, 2nd ed.