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• Austenite

  a solid solution of carbon or of carbon and other elements in gamma iron, having a face-centered cubic lattice at all temperatures. an allotrope of iron, stable between 910°C and 1400°C and having a face-centered cubic lattice; gamma iron. Historical Examples The first particles of austenite to freeze contain about 0.33% of carbon (p). Encyclopaedia […]

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