Why carbon solubility in austanite is more than ferrite
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Due to its larger size, carbon atoms occupies octahedral interstitial sites in these crystals. Octahedral interstitial site of BCC ferrite is much smaller for carbon than that of FCC austenite. This is why solubility of carbon in ferrite is much smaller than solubility of carbon in austenite.
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