The procedure starts at a high temperature, normally in the austenitic range after holding there long enough to obtain homogeneous austenite without undissolved carbides, followed by rapid cooling to
the desired hold temperature (Fig. 5). An example of an IT diagram is given in Fig. 6.
The cooling was started from 850 °C (1560 °F). TheA1 andA3 temperatures are indicated as well as the hardness. AboveA3 no transformation can occur. BetweenA1 andA3 only ferrite can form from austenite. In Fig. 6, a series of isovolume fraction curves are shown; normally only the 1% and 99% curves are reproduced. Notice that the curves are C-shaped.
This is typical for transformation curves. A higher-temperature set of C-shaped curves shows the transformation to pearlite and a lowertemperature set indicates the transformation to bainite. In between is found a so-called austenite bay, common for certain low-alloy steelscontaining appreciable amountsof carbide-forming alloying elements such aschromium or molybdenum.
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