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Heat Treatment ofHeat Treatment of Steel AlloysSteel Alloys YELLOW ALERTYELLOW ALERT Heat Treatment of Steel AlloysHeat Treatment of Steel Alloys Diffusive vs. Displacive Transformations of Pure Iron (Fe) Role of Dissolved Carbon in Fe Transformations Heat Treatment of Steel Alloys Diffusion ProcessDiffusion Process Other diffusionOther diffusion mechanismsmechanisms Grain boundary Interstitial diffusion Surface Diffusive Transformation of FCC to BCC in Pure FeDiffusive Transformation of FCC to BCC in Pure Fe Above 914° C pure Fe is face centered cubic (FCC). Below 914° C the thermodynamically stable phase of pure Fe is body centered cubic (BCC). Note that the speed of the “interface” in this transformation is zero at 914° C. Less thermal energy Increasing driving force Speed of the interface Why this shape? Temperature Nucleation in the Diffusive TransformationNucleation in the Diffusive Transformation ofof f.c.c.- b.c.c. in Pure Fef.c.c.- b.c.c. in Pure Fe Nucleation is very important The more nuclei : The more Volume Transformed In a diffusive transformation: – Volume transforming per second increases linearly with the number of nuclei. Grain BoundaryGrain Boundary NucleationNucleation The grain boundaries in the f.c.c. pure Fe are the most common site for nucleation of the b.c.c. phase. Homogeneous vs.Homogeneous vs. Heterogeneous NucleationHeterogeneous Nucleation The critical radius, r*het, of a heterogeneous