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Previous work has shown that the thickening kinetics of proeutectoid ferrite allotriomorphs in an Fe-0.11 pct C alloy are often more rapid than the kinetics calculated for volume diffusion-control from the Dube-Zener equation for the migration of a planar boundary of infinite extent, assuming the diffusivity of carbon in austenite,D, to be constant at that of the carbon content of the Ae3. Recalculating the thickening kinetics, using a numerical analysis of the infinite planar boundary problem previously developed by Atkinson in which the variation ofD with composition is taken fully into account, was found to increase this discrepancy. Measurements were then made of the lengthening as well as the thickening kinetics of grain boundary allotriomorphs in the same alloy. Application to these data of Atkinson’s numerical analysis of the growth kinetics of an oblate ellipsoid, in which the composition-dependence ofD is similarly considered, produced an acceptable accounting for nearly all of the data. It was concluded that the growth of ferrite allotriomorphs is primarily controlled by the volume diffusion of carbon in austenite; the presence of a small proportion of dislocation facets along one of the broad faces of the allotriomorphs, however, usually results in growth kinetics which are somewhat slower. An alternate treatment of the lengthening and thickening data upon the basis of the theory of interfacial diffusion-aided growth of allotriomorphs indicated that, in the temperature range investigated (735° to 810°C),the diffusivities of carbon along γ:γ and γ:α boundaries required for this mechanism to make a significant contribution to growth are too high to be physically plausible.
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Atkinson, C., Aaron, H.B., Kinsman, K.R. et al. On the growth kinetics of grain boundary ferrite allotriomorphs. Metall Trans 4, 783–792 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02643088
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