Why Iron Carbide diagram can be established upto 6.67% only? What are structure beyond 6.67% carbon.

Samayaraj

• Aug 27th, 2011

Molecular weight of iron carbide(Fe3C) is 179.5

Atomic weight of carbon is 12

Percent carbon = (12/179.5)*100 = 6.67%

aqsa rana

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• Jun 13th, 2010

The iron-iron carbide diagram is only upto 6.67%, because beyond that percentage structure remains the same so we do not study further.

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