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pearlite
[ pur-lahyt ]
noun
- Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- Petrography. perlite.
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Derived Forms
- pearlitic, adjective
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Other Words From
- pearl·it·ic [pur-, lit, -ik], adjective
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Example Sentences
Several other ingredients of importance, as pearlite, illustrated on the opposite page, have also been studied.
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The magnification is too small to show the zebra striping of the pearlite.
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Below the temperature of the point F the martensite becomes heterogeneous, and forms pearlite.
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The iron thus liberated, as the ferrite of this pearlite, changes simultaneously to α-ferrite.
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