ACICULAR FERRITE. A highly substructed nonequaixed ferrite formed upon continuous cooling by a mixed diffusion and shear mode of transformation that begins at a temperature slightly higher than the transformation temperature range for upper bainite in that it has a limited amount of carbon available; thus, there is only a small amount of carbide present.
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TOTAL CARBON. The sum of the free and combined carbon (including carbon in solution) in a ferrous alloy.