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Definition of Pearlite
1. Noun. A lamellar mixture of cementite and ferrite formed during the cooling of austenite; a constituent of steel and cast iron.
Terms within: Cementite, Iron Carbide, Ferrite
Specialized synonyms: Globular Pearlite, Granular Pearlite
Generic synonyms: Lamellar Mixture
Definition of Pearlite
1. n. A glassy volcanic rock of a grayish color and pearly luster, often having a spherulitic concretionary structure due to the curved cracks produced by contraction in cooling. See Illust. under Perlitic.
Definition of Pearlite
1. Noun. A two-phased lamellar structure composed of alternating layers of alpha ferrite and cementite that occurs in some steels and cast irons, having a pearlescent appearance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pearlite
1. a cast-iron alloy [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pearlite
Literary usage of Pearlite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"If the steel be now cooled rather rapidly, but still not so rapidly as to prevent
the formation of pearlite, the excess ferrite will be found to be of a ..."
2. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"Fully laminated pearlite with completely segregated Fe3C. Tensile strength, 85000.
... Massive pearlite, consisting of coagulated ..."
3. The Metallography and Heat Treatment of Iron and Steel by Albert Sauveur (1918)
"Varieties of pearlite. — From the foregoing it will be evident that several
varieties of pear lite are to be considered and that the physical properties of ..."
4. The Metallography of Steel and Cast Iron by Henry Marion Howe (1916)
"THE METALLOGRAPHY OF STEEL [§78 case of very low carbon steels, for their ready
divorce decreases the apparent quantity of pearlite and increases the ..."
5. Iron, Steel, and Other Alloys by Henry Marion. Howe (1903)
"pearlite series. — Most of the steel of commerce is of the pearlite series; and
of this probably at least 95 per cent is hypo- aeolic, 1". e., ..."
6. Iron, Steel, and Other Alloys by Henry Marion Howe (1906)
"pearlite series. — Most of the steel of commerce is of the pearlite series; and
of this probably at least 95 per cent is hypo- eutectoid, ie, ..."
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