TL;DR: In this article, the morphology and crystallography of lath martensite in Fe-C alloys containing various carbon contents from 0.0026 to 0.61% were studied by analyzing electron back scattered diffraction patterns in scanning electron microscopy and Kikuchi diffraction pattern in transmission electron microscope.
TL;DR: In this article, electron backscattering diffraction with field-emission scanning electron microscopy was used to analyze crystallographically the lath martensite structure in a 0.20% carbon steel.
TL;DR: The morphology and crystallography of lath martensite in two Mn-containing interstitial free steels and a maraging steel were examined in detail by a combination of transmission electron microscopy, electron backscatter diffraction in a scanning electron microscope and optical microscopy.
TL;DR: In this paper, the microstructure and the strength of lath martensite in Fe 0.2C and Fe 1.2Mn alloys were analyzed as a function of the prior austenite grain size.
Abstract: The microstructure and the strength of the lath martensite in Fe–0.2C and Fe–0.2C–2Mn alloys were analyzed as a function of the prior austenite grain size. The size of martensite packets formed within individual austenite grains was controlled by the austenite grain size but not affected by the Mn addition. However, the further subdivision of packets into blocks differed significantly in the two alloys, and at a given austenite grain size a smaller block size was observed in the Mn containing alloy. The yield strength of the two alloys was related to the packet size and the block size, respectively, and the results suggested that the block size is the key structural parameter when analyzing the strength–structure relationship of lath martensite in low carbon steels.
TL;DR: In this paper, the growth of austenite nucleated at the ferrite lath boundaries was analyzed for intercritical annealing at 650°C for various durations up to 144h in 5.5% Mn-containing steel.