Ferrite Banding Parallel bands of free ferrite aligned in the direction of working. Sometimes referred to a ferrite streaks. Ferrite-pearlite Banding Inhomogeneous distribution of ferrite and pearlite aligned in filaments or plates parallel to the direction of working. The grain size of the ferric matrix of a steel. Ferroalloy, An alloy of iron with a sufficient amount of some element or elements such as manganese, chromium, or vanadium for use as a means in adding these elements into molten steel.
Ferrous alloys are, therfore, iron base alloys.
The characteristic of wrought metal that indicates directional properties. It is revealed by etching a longitudinal section or manifested by the fibrous appearance of a fracture. It is caused chiefly by extension of the constituents of the metal, both metallic and nonmetallic, in the direction of working. The pattern of preferred orientation of metal crystal after a given deformation process. Fiber or Fibre Direction in which metals have been caused to flow, as by rolling, with microscopic evidence in the form of fibrous appearance in the direction of flow.