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Phenomena of carbon atom redistribution in martensite

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Phenomena related to the redistribution of carbon atoms prior to carbide precipitation (tempering) are considered in this paper. 1) Order-disorder processes are described, and the influence of several factors is considered. It is shown that the lattice conjugation and coherence between different variants of martensite plates as well as between martensite plates and austenite leads to a disappearance of the tetragonal cubic phase transition. 2) A possible mechanism for the formation of “abnormal” martensite having a comparatively low axial ratio is considered to be (011)M transformation twinning. 3) Diffuse maxima observed in electron diffraction patterns near reciprocal lattice points are discussed. The diffuse scattering is related to the short range order of carbon atoms and a spinodal decomposition of the Fe-C solid solution because of the C-C elastic strain interaction. 4) The influence of irradiation on the carbon atom distribution in martensite is considered, and it is shown that the observed decrease in martensite tetragonality after cooling below 0°C and its restoration upon subsequent heating may be explained by a phase transition involving the condensation of carbon atoms on irradiation-induced defects. 5) A short review on experimental results related to the redistribution of carbon atoms because of the presence of dislocations is given.

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Kurdjumov, G.V., Khachaturyan, A.G. Phenomena of carbon atom redistribution in martensite. Metall Trans 3, 1069–1076 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02642438

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