Average thickness and average hardness of the studied lamellar microstructures.

Table 1: Average thickness and average hardness of the studied lamellar microstructures.

	Ferrite thickness (µm)	Cementite thickness (µm)	Lamellar thickness (µm)	Hardness HV 0.3
Normalizing (fine pearlite)	0.11 ± 0.0258	0.065 ± 0.027	0.175	202 ± 18.7
Annealing (coarse pearlite)	0.185 ± 0.0717	0.109 ± 0.0247	0.294	56.42 ± 2.7