The Journal of
the Korean Journal of Metals and Materials

The Journal of
the Korean Journal of Metals and Materials

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  • pISSN : 1738-8228
  • eISSN : 2288-8241

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Title Material Degradation of Ancient Iron Pot by Repeated Heating for One Thousand Years
Authors 고형순(Hyeong Sun Go); 한민수(Min Su Han); 최병학(Byung Hak Choe); 민두식(Doo Sik Min); 심윤임(Yun Im Shim); 정효태(Hyo Tae Jeong); 조남철(Nam Chul Cho)
DOI https://doi.org/10.3365/KJMM.2012.50.4.324
Page pp.324-330
ISSN 1738-8228(ISSN), 2288-8241(eISSN)
Keywords ancient iron pot; microstructural change; ferrite/graphite/pearlite; high aspect ratio carbide
Abstract The microstructural changes of three pieces from an ancient iron pot were studied in order to identify present the material degradation due to repeated heating for one-thousand years. The microstructures of the pieces were divided into the areas of ferrite/graphite, ferrite/pearlite, and corroded oxidation. The area of ferrite/graphite was undergone by severe Galvanic corrosion, but that of ferrite/pearlite was not even during a thousand years` using . The shape of the graphites was coexisted with types of A, B, and C of as modern graphite classification. In the ferrite/pearlite area, abnormal acicula precipitates with a high aspect ratio of 0.2㎛thickness and several hundreds ㎛length were presented. They might be a kind of carbide in the ferrite matrix with its special precipitate plane.