The Role of Parent Phase Topology in Double Young–Kurdjumow–Sachs Variant Selection during Phase Transformation in Low-Carbon Steels

The present paper investigates the role of parent phase topology on a crystallographic variant selection rule. This rule assumes that product phase nuclei appear at certain grain boundaries in the parent structure, such that a specific crystallographic orientation relationship is observed with both parent grains at either side of the grain...

The effect of ultrafast heating on cold-rolled low carbon steel: Formation and decomposition of austenite

The effect of heating rate on the formation and decomposition of austenite was investigated on cold-rolled low carbon steel. Experiments were performed at two heating rates, 150 ˚C/s and 1500 ˚C/s, respectively. The microstructures were characterized by means of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD)....