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Constitution of iron-boron alloys in the low boron range

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The solid solubility of boron in iron has been determined by saturating iron with respect to Fe2B at several temperatures from 870° to 1135°C. In alpha iron the maximum solubility was found to be 0.002 pct B and in gamma iron the solubility varied from 0.001 pct at 915°C to 0.020 pct B at 1165°C. The eutectic and peritectoid temperatures were found to be 1165° and 911°C respectively and the gamma iron solidus was located approximately at 0.020 pct B.

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  1. Institute for the Study of Metals, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

    M. E. Nicholson (Member AIME)

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Discussion on this paper, TP 3713E, may be sent, 2 copies, to AIME by April 1, 1954. Manuscript, Sept. 15, 1953. New York Meetng, February 1954.

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Nicholson, M.E. Constitution of iron-boron alloys in the low boron range. JOM 6, 185–190 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03397994

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