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Mechanical Engineering · Q164

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Engineering and GATE · Mechanical Engineering · question 164

Q164

For a steel containing 0.8% carbon

A.
There is no critical point
B.
There is only one critical point
Answer
C.
There are two critical points
D.
There can be any number of critical points

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
When steels with exactly 0.8% carbon (known as a eutectoid steel), are cooled, the austenitic phase (FCC) of the mixture attempts to revert to the ferrite phase (BCC).
There is only one critical point in eutectoid steel which contains 0.8% carbon.