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The Fe−C system has been studied quite thoroughly. However, some aspects of the system remain underdeveloped or at least disputable. This refers especially to the carbide part of the diagram. There is no unanimous opinion on the nature of melting of cementite (congruent or incongruent) and its melting temperature. Light carbide phases other than cementite are not represented by the diagram and there is no correspondence between the low-temperature part of the diagram and existing experimental data on carbide transformations in tempering of quenched steel.
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Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 11, pp. 2–7, November, 1997.
Many concepts of the present paper contradict generally accepted notions. We invite the readers to take part in the discussion of the problem.
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Sil'man, G.I. Refinement of the Fe−C diagram on the basis of results of a thermodynamic analysis and generalization of data for Fe−C and Fe−C−Cr systems. Met Sci Heat Treat 39, 451–456 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02469111
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