Structural component

In metallography, a structural component is a single- or multi-phase area of ​​a structure that is visibly separated from other areas of the structure by interfaces . A multi-phase area is considered to be a coherent structural component if its phases were created under the same conditions and fixed volume fractions and morphologies are available for this area .

Examples:

• for single-phase structural components are: austenite , ferrite ,
• for two-phase structural components are: perlite , bainite .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Oettel (Ed.), Schumann (Ed.): Metallographie Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2011, ISBN 978-3527306794 .