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pearlite

/pur-lahyt/US // ˈpɜr laɪt //UK // (ˈpɜːlaɪt) //

珍珠岩,珍珠石,珍珠体,珍珠砂

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
    • : Petrography. perlite.

Examples

  • Several other ingredients of importance, as pearlite, illustrated on the opposite page, have also been studied.

  • The magnification is too small to show the zebra striping of the pearlite.

  • Below the temperature of the point F the martensite becomes heterogeneous, and forms pearlite.

  • The iron thus liberated, as the ferrite of this pearlite, changes simultaneously to α-ferrite.