Description: A length of iron wire shows a sudden reduction in length on heating through the bcc-fcc phase transition. A length of iron music wire is suspended between two poles and a current is ...

IT has been found possible to grow long crystals in iron wire by making use of the allotropic transformation which occurs at about 900°C. The method is to heat a portion of the wire between two ...

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