In-situ observations of Widmanstätten ferrite formation in a low carbon steel
Phelan, Dominic, Stanford, Nicole and Dippenaar, Rian 2005, In-situ observations of Widmanstätten ferrite formation in a low carbon steel, Materials science and engineering A : structural materials : properties, microstructures and processing, vol. 407, no. 1-2, pp. 127-134.
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In-situ observations of Widmanstätten ferrite formation in a low carbon steel
An in situ laser-scanning confocal microscopy study has been undertaken into Widmanstätten ferrite formation in an Fe–C alloy, in combination with electron backscattered diffraction. It has been found for the first time that the sympathetic nucleation of Widmanstätten ferrite on grain boundary allotriomorphs can exhibit a step wise change in orientation and growth direction until the most favourable growth conditions are achieved.