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The iron-carbon system has received much detailed study because of its great importance in engineering. Many properties of cast irons and plain carbon steels, as well as their microstructures can be explained on the basis of the phase diagram of this system.
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Chanda, M. (1979). Phases and Phase Transformation in Iron-Carbon System. In: Science of Engineering Materials. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06053-5_2
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