Abstract In-situ measurement by digital holographic microscopy (DHM) was employed to clarify the difference between the surface relief effects of Widmanstatten ferrite (WF) and bainitic ferrite (BF) associated with their… Click to show full abstract
Abstract In-situ measurement by digital holographic microscopy (DHM) was employed to clarify the difference between the surface relief effects of Widmanstatten ferrite (WF) and bainitic ferrite (BF) associated with their transformations from austenite in a low-carbon steel. It was clarified that the evolution of the surface relief is totally different between WF and BF. Only in BF, the observed ratio of the relief height to the plate width converged instantly to the value predicted by the phenomenological theory of martensite crystallography (PTMC). The ratio gradually increased with increasing plate thickness and never reached the value predicted by PTMC in WF.
               
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