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Massive transformations revisited

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Massive transformations are composition-invariant phase transitions that can be distringuished from other transitions in the solid state by certain characteristic features in their nucleation and growth behavior. The occurrence of several massive transformations will be discussed with reference to these features, and with reference to the history of the studies of massive transformations, the controversies that have arisen, and several questions that still remain unanswered. A modified definition of a massive transformation is proposed.

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    T. B. Massalski (Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Physics)

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This article is based on a presentation made at the symposium entitled “The Mechanisms of the Massive Transformation,” a part of the Fall 2000 TMS Meeting held October 16–19, 2000, in St. Louis, Missouri, under the auspices of the ASM Phase Transformations Committee.

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Massalski, T.B. Massive transformations revisited. Metall Mater Trans A 33, 2277–2283 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-002-0351-7

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