Retained Austenite

• Thermal stability of retained austenite
• In situ study of thermal stability of retained austenite
• Carbon in retained austenite in quenched steels.
• Tempered martensite embrittlement: role of retained austenite and cementite.
• Distribution of retained austenite and the role of martensite crystallography.
• Retained austenite in austempered ductile cast iron.
• Carbon in retained austenite in isothermally transformed 300M steel.
• Atom probe measurement of the carbon in retained austenite.
• Retained austenite films in bainitic microstructures.
• Estimation of the amount of retained austenite in austempered ductile cast iron.
• Strain partitioning and stability of retained austenite
• Stability of retained austenite in TRIP steels
• Mechanical stabilisation of retained austenite

• TRIP steels

Crystallography of Austenite

• Austenite Crystallography

Theory and Significance of Retained Austenite in Steels

Ph.D. thesis, by Harry Bhadeshia, University of Cambridge, 1979

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Reaustenitisation of some Alloy Steels

Ph.D. thesis, by Ursula Ruth Lenel, University of Cambridge, 1980

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