Martensite (4633 bytes)
1: '''Martensite''', named after the German [[metallurgy|metallurg...
5: ...ore [[quenching]]. Differential quenching causes martensite to form predominantly in the edge of the blade ra...
7: ...al structure]]s, both of which can be very slow. Martensite can be seen as an interim structure that the mate...
9: ...r the intended application is achieved. Too much martensite leaves steel brittle, too little leaves it soft.
13: ...reminiscent of ceramic materials, the hardness of martensite is difficult to explain in chemical terms.

Bainite (515 bytes)
1: ...te forming by a displacive mechanism similar to [[martensite]] formation).
3: ...red to form pearlite, but lower than that to form martensite, in steel of the same composition.

Metastability (879 bytes)
3: [[Martensite]] is a metastable phase used to control the hardn...

Austenite (896 bytes)
1: ...] (a mixture of [[ferrite]] and [[cementite]]), [[martensite]] and [[bainite]]. The rate of cooling determine...

Plasticity (physics) (2091 bytes)
14: Some materials, especially those prone to [[Martensite|Martensitic]] transformations, deform in ways tha...

Stainless steel (4433 bytes)
14: *[[Martensite|Martensitic]] stainless steels are not as corrosi...

Carbon steel (5057 bytes)
17: ...ree of internal stresses. Results in formation of Martensite, a form of steel that possesses a super-saturated...

Steel (23710 bytes)
13: Perhaps the most important allotrope is [[martensite]], a chemically [[metastable]] substance with abo...
15: ...have time to take place. The transformation into martensite, by contrast, occurs almost immediately, due to a...
17: ...ke the form of [[compression]] on the crystals of martensite and [[tension]] on the remaining ferrite, with a ...
19: ...ent at a lower temperature to destroy some of the martensite (by allowing enough time for cementite, etc., to ...
21: ...erferes with the formation of cementite, allowing martensite to form with slower quench rates, resulting in ''...

Katana (31401 bytes)
125: ...makes the actual edge of the sword extremely hard martensite). A thicker layer of mud on the rest of the blade...
156: ...nd obvious nie, which contains a lot of less fine martensite.

Ceramics (15450 bytes)
26: ... small amount of permanent deformation due to a [[martensite|martensitic]] transformation. Properly heat-trea...

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