martensite
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Etymology
Origin of martensite
1895–1900; named after Adolf Martens (died 1914), German metallurgist; see -ite 1
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Steel with 0.2 per cent carbon and 15 per cent nickel is entirely martensite.
From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Fred H. (Fred Herbert) Colvin
The structure is then austenite and the air-cooled structure of this steel is martensite.
From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Fred H. (Fred Herbert) Colvin
Austenite is not nearly as hard as martensite, owing to its content of the soft gamma iron.
From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Fred H. (Fred Herbert) Colvin
In the most quickly quenched high carbon steels, austenite commonly forms the ground mass which is interspersed with martensite, a large field of which is illustrated in Fig.
From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Fred H. (Fred Herbert) Colvin
Troostite is of doubtful composition, but possibly is an unstable mixture of untransformed martensite with sorbite.
From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Fred H. (Fred Herbert) Colvin
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