Micrographs : Low Carbon Steel
Microstructures | More Metals | Steel | Low Carbon Steel
Fe 0.1wt%C (normalised)
Fe 0.18wt%C (normalised)
  
 
 

Low carbon steels (typically less than 0.2wt% carbon) have moderate strength, good ductility and are easy to shape and weld. Two examples are given here. Normalised steels are allowed to cool slowly and therefore have near-equilibrium microstructures.

 
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