Gamma iron

Crystalline form that iron transfers to at temperatures above 911°C (iron-carbon phase diagram). Gamma iron is a face-centered cubic iron (Fig. 1) and non-ferromagnetic.

It dissolves the carbon from the cementite of the structure and absorbs it. This way, an uniform fcc crystal structure, i.e. austenite, is formed.

Weiterführende Stichworte:
Austenitic cast iron

  • Fig. 1: Alpha and Gamma iron (source: Der Tec.Lehrerfreund)