Microstructures
by George Langford, Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1966
Copyright©
2005 by George Langford
Unknowns  - First specimen - M.I.T.'s #434
Air cooled steel at 500X etched
This steel was air cooled, so the pearlite is too fine to be resolved here.

I made all three photomicrographs at 500X.

The outer edge of the specimen is at the right of the first photomicrograph.
Air cooled steel at 500X etched
The second photomicrograph overlaps the first one.
Air cooled steel at 500X etched
The third photomicrograph came from near the center of the piece.



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