The micrographs below show the effect of annealing at different temperatures on a sample of Fe - 0.7 wt % C steel in which martensite has been formed by quenching. Because of the low carbon content ...

THE lattice parameters of martensite and austenite in steels (carbon content varying from 0.57 to 1.74 per cent) have been extensively studied; but considerable discrepancies exist in the values ...

At cooling rates faster than 140 C/s the transition is to a metastable material known as martensite. Between 35 and 140 C/s the system at room temperature is a mixture of these two materials. The ...