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The Martensitic Transformation in the Iron-Nickel System

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The martensite-start temperature (Ms) on cooling and the austenite-start temperature (As) on heating in the iron-nickel system have been determined between 9.5 and 33.2 atomic pet nickel. By considering the α and ψ phases to be regular solid solutions, it is shown that To, the temperature at which δFα→ψ = 0, lies approximately halfway between Ms and As. This relationship has been corroborated by a study of the effect of plastic deformation on Ms and As.

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  1. Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, Mass, USA

    Larry Kaufman

  2. Dept. of Metallurgy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass, USA

    Morris Cohen (Member AIME)

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L. KAUFMAN, formerly Research Assistant, Dept. of Metallurgy

TP 4284E. Manuscript, Oct. 3, 1955. New York Meeting, February 1956.

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Kaufman, L., Cohen, M. The Martensitic Transformation in the Iron-Nickel System. JOM 8, 1393–1401 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03377892

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