Carbides formed in plain carbon steel are dissolved in a heat treatment above the eutectoid composition.
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2008-10-25
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Difficulty level: Junior; Solution time: 1 hour; Reference: K. Tanaka, et al., "Growth Simulation of Spheroidized Carbide in the Carbide-Dispersed Carburizing Process,"
Metall. Mater. Trans. A, v. 39A, pp. 1248-1257, 2008.