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Back to Basic: Martensite<br />

Martensite is a body-centered tetragonal form of iron in which some carbon is<br />

dissolved. Martensite forms during quenching, when the face centered cubic<br />

lattice of austenite is distorted into the tetragonal body centered tetragonal<br />

structure without the loss of its contained carbon atoms into cementite and<br />

ferrite. Instead, the carbon is retained in the iron crystal structure, which is<br />

stretched slightly so that it is no longer cubic. Martensite is more or less ferrite<br />

supersaturated with carbon. Compare the grain size in the micrograph with<br />

tempered martensite.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang<br />

http://www.threeplanes.net/martensite.html

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