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The growth of ferrite in Fe-C-X alloys: The role of thermodynamics, diffusion, and interfacial conditions

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The growth of allotriomorphic ferrite from austenite in Fe-C-X alloys is studied. Two systems have been selected: the Fe-C-Ni system, in which the substitutional alloying element is expected to have a weak interaction with both the C and the moving interface, and the Fe-C-Mo system, in which these interactions are expected to be non-negligible. The ferrite growth kinetics was measured using two types of experiments: classical isothermal heat treatments and decarburization experiments. All of the experimental observations can be quantitatively rationalized using a model that describes an evolution in interfacial conditions from paraequilibrium (PE) to local equilibrium with negligible partitioning (LENP) during growth.

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  1. Department of Materials Engineering, Monash University, 3180, Clayton, Vic, Australia

    C. R. Hutchinson (University Fellow)

  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, McMaster University, L8S L47, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    H. S. Zurob (Assistant Professor)

  3. Laboratoire de Thermodynamique et Physico-Chimie Métallurgiques, Domaine Universitaire, BP 75, 38402, St. Martin d’Hères, Cedex, France

    Y. Bréchet (Professor)

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This article is based on a presentation made in the “Hillert Symposium on Thermodynamics & Kinetics of Migrating Interfaces in Steels and Other Complex Alloys,” December 2–3, 2004, organized by the The Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Hutchinson, C.R., Zurob, H.S. & Bréchet, Y. The growth of ferrite in Fe-C-X alloys: The role of thermodynamics, diffusion, and interfacial conditions. Metall Mater Trans A 37, 1711–1720 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-006-0114-y

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