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The application of a quasichemical solid solution model to carbon austenite

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The recent extensive data for the variation with temperature and composition of the activity of carbon in austenite has been analyzed using a quasichemical model for interstitial solid solutions. The most important parameter in the theoretical activity equation is the pairwise binding energy Δε between two nearest-neighbor solute atoms. A computer fitting method has shown that the new activity data for austenite, which spans a temperature range from 900° to 1400°C and compositions ranging from very dilute up to the limiting composition of the phase boundary, are compatible with the theoretical model with a Δε-value of -2 kcals per mole which is independent of both temperature and composition.

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Materials Science, William Marsh Rice University, Houston, Tex

    William W. Dunn & Rex B. McLellan

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Dunn, W.W., McLellan, R.B. The application of a quasichemical solid solution model to carbon austenite. Metall Trans 1, 1263–1265 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02900241

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