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Ferrite vs Pearlite - What's the difference?

ferrite | pearlite |

As nouns the difference between ferrite and pearlite

is that ferrite is the interstitial solid solution of carbon in body-centered cubic iron while pearlite is 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.

ferrite

English

(wikipedia ferrite)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The interstitial solid solution of carbon in body-centered cubic iron.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
    • , title=Well Tackled! , chapter=4 citation , passage=Technical terms like ferrite , perlite, graphite, and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder, […]}}
  • Any of a class of metal oxides which show ferrimagnetism; used in transformers, inductors, antennas, recording heads, microwave devices, motors and loudspeakers.
  • (inorganic compound) The anion FeO22-, and any of the salts (formally derived from the unknown ferrous acid ) derived from it.

    • Derived terms

    * calcioferrite * delta ferrite * ferritic * phosphoferrite * sodium ferrite * stibioferrite * titanoferrite

    pearlite

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia pearlite)
  • 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.
  • (mineral)
  • * 1835 , British Association for the Advancement of Science
    • inclosing great masses of pearlite and felspar.

    See also

    * perlite