Ferrous Martensitic Transformation paper

[nate d.]

Howdy,
Attached is a grad school paper I wrote on martensitic phase transformations. It may be of some help to folks. thanks

[pipecrafter]

Nice work, Nate!

[mete]

Nate, you're a student of ??
I've never heard the word "solutionize" 'to put into solution' is what I've aways heard and used.
I wouldn't refer to martensite as diffusion prevention !
I think the nature and location of nucleation sites is already established.
Sorry for being picky but I'm a metallurgist !
There are many martensite reactions - top of the line fencing swords use the Maraging alloys. SMAs [shape memory alloys] are an interesting case.
We're still learning about steels an now that we can get 1 million magnification there are lots of surprizes !! We can find retained austenite in low carbon steel and in bainitic structures.
One interesting source for information is Cambridge U in England. Search through their website . http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/phase-trans...artensite.html
Keep up the good work !