Pearlite

For the amorphous volcanic glass, see perlite.

Pearlite is a two-phased, lamellar (or layered) structure composed of alternating layers of ferrite (87.5% by mass) and cementite (12.5% by mass) that occurs in some steels and cast irons. During slow cooling of an iron-carbon alloy, pearlite forms by a eutectoid reaction as austenite cools below 727 °C (1,341 °F) (the eutectoid temperature). Pearlite is a microstructure occurring in many common grades of steels.

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