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· The three photograph above show the fracture surfaces of Charpy impact test samples of a low carbon steel. The left hand sample was tested at -200 C, the center sample at +20 C, and the right hand sample at + 200 C. At the low temperature the behavior is brittle, and at the other two temperatures the behavior is ductile. Microscopic examination of the fracture surfaces shows transgranular cleavage at the lowest temperature and ductile microvoid coalesence at the two higher temperatures. Large shear lips are seen on the high temperature samples.

From: Manchester Materials Science Center, 
 


 

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