Fig. 5: Effect of cooling rate on martensitic transformation kinetics. | npj Computational Materials

Fig. 5: Effect of cooling rate on martensitic transformation kinetics.

From: The interplay between the martensitic transformation rate and the rate of plastic relaxation during martensitic transformation in low-carbon steel, a phase-field study

Fig. 5

Temperature-dependent evolution of martensite volume fraction during continuous cooling at rates from −100 K/s to −400 K/s. Higher cooling rates promote earlier transformation onset and faster transformation kinetics. Room temperature (RT) is indicated on the temperature axis.

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