Nishiyama Z. Martensitic Transformation

Academic Press, Inc., 1978. 471 p.The martensitic transformation is an important phenomenon which controls the mechanical properties of metallic materials and has been studied extensively in the past. At first, the studies were made mainly by optical microscopy, and the high degree of hardness of the martensite in steels was interpreted as being due to its fine microstructure. The martensitic transformation was explained chiefly from the thermodynamical point of view. Subsequently, with advances in research techniques, e.g., x-ray diffraction and electron microscopy, the structures of various martensites were determined and the presence of substructures such aы arrays of lattice defects was established. New views of martensitic transformation have been developed that consider the new experimental facts.
Because of the emphasis on phenomena, the presentation is based on the known crystallographical data. An elementary description of the martensite transformation that is given in Chapter
1. In Chapters 2 and 3, the crystallographic data are given in detail. Chapter 4 deals with thermodynamical problems and kinetics and Chapter 5 with conditions for the nucleation of martensite and problems concerning stabilization of austenite. The last chapter discusses the theory of the mechanism of the martensitic transformation.Introduction to Martensite and Martensitic Transformation
Crystallography of Martensite (General)
Crystallography of Martensites-Special Phenomena
Transformation Temperature and Rate of Martensite Formation
Conditions for Martensite Formation and Stabilization of Austenite
The Crystallographic Theory of Martensitic Transformations