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Isothermal transformation from austenite in an Fe-9.14 pct Ni alloy has been studied by optical metallography and examination by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). In the temperature range 565 °C and 545 °C, massive ferrite (α q ) forms first at prior austenite grain boundaries, followed by Widmanstätten ferrite (α W ) growing from this grain boundary ferrite. Between 495 °C and 535 °C, Widmanstätten ferrite is thought to grow directly from the austenite grain boundaries. Both these transformations do not go to completion and reasons for this are discussed. These composition invariant transformations occur below T 0 in the two-phase field (α+γ). Previous work on the same alloy showed that transformation occurred to α q > and α W on furnace cooling, while analytical TEM showed an increase of Ni at the massive ferrite grain boundaries, indicating local partitioning of Ni at the transformation interface. An Fe-3.47 pct Ni alloy transformed to equiaxed ferrite at 707 °C ±5 °C inside the single-phase field on air cooling. This is in agreement with data from other sources, although equiaxed ferrite in Fe-C alloys forms in the two-phase region. The application of theories of growth of two types of massive transformation by Hillert and his colleagues are discussed.
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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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Wilson, E.A., Chong, S.H. Isothermal transformations in an Fe-9 pct Ni alloy. Metall Mater Trans A 33, 2425–2431 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-002-0364-2
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