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The kinetics of carbon clustering in martensite

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The rate of clustering of carbon atoms into regions of ordered Fe4C has been studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy. The activation energy associated with this process is 89,500 ± 12,000 J per mole (21.4 kcal per mole).

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  1. Materials Research Center, Allied Chemical Corpora- tion, 07960, Morristown, New Jersey

    Nicholas DeCristofaro

  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 02139, Cambridge, MA

    Roy Kaplow (Professor and Head) & Walter S. Owen (Professor and Head)

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DeCristofaro, N., Kaplow, R. & Owen, W.S. The kinetics of carbon clustering in martensite. Metall Trans A 9, 821–825 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02649791

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