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21-Mat-B6 Ceramic Materials: December 2014

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  1. Question 1 Multiple-Choice and True/False — Iron, Steel and Martensite Fundamentals
  2. Question 2 Weight Fraction of Pearlite in a Hypereutectoid Steel, and a Quantitative-Metallography Discrepancy
  3. Question 3 Question III: Micrograph Interpretation — Carbon Content and Heat Treatment of Two Plain Carbon Steels
  4. Question 4 Constructing a CCT Curve, and the Physical Origin of the TTT "C" Shape
  5. Question 5 Martensite — Driving Force, Micro-Mechanism, and Carbon-Dependence of Hardness
  6. Question 6 High-Speed Tool Steel (T1) — Austenitizing Temperature, Air Quench, and Multiple Tempering
  7. Question 7 Question VII: Modern Automotive Sheet Steels — TRIP, DP and IF Steels

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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.