Do you have questions?
Call us
+49 (0) 8671 - 92652-0
We will advise you gladly!
Or send us
an email:
service@esterer-giesserei.de
Esterer Gießerei - Cementite
Cementite
Cementite is the chemical compound of iron carbide Fe3C, made of iron and carbon. It occurs in steel and white iron cast as a meta-stabile phase, it is brittle and not easily to be formed, but it has a high resistance to wear.
The meta-stability of the phase shows itself at slow cooling or at long annealing times: in this case cementite decomposes into iron and graphite.
