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The crystallography of the austenite-ferrite/carbide transformation in Fe−Cr−C alloys

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This paper establishes the crystallography of the austenite-ferrite/carbide transformation in Cr bearing steels. The crystallographic analysis, based on the use of retained austenite in the martensitic phase, is consistent with the oriented nucleation of ferrite in austenite. Similarly, it is shown that the nature of the carbide dispersion, which precipitates in association with the transformation, is a sensitive function of the exact austenite/ferrite crystallography.

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  1. Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science, University of Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, Cambridge, U.K.

    P. R. Howell & J. V. Bee (Research Fellows)

  2. University of Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, U.K.

    R. W. K. Honeycombe (Goldsmiths Professor of Metallurgy)

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Howell, P.R., Bee, J.V. & Honeycombe, R.W.K. The crystallography of the austenite-ferrite/carbide transformation in Fe−Cr−C alloys. Metall Trans A 10, 1213–1222 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02811976

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