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Materials Transactions, Vol. 48, No. 11 (2007) pp. 2851 to 2854 Special Issue on Structural and Functional Control of Materials through Solid-Solid Phase Transformations in High Magnetic Fields #2007 The Japan Institute of Metals Effects of a High Magnetic Field on Bainitic and Martensitic Transformations in Steels Hideyuki Ohtsuka High Magnetic Field Station, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0003, Japan Effects of magnetic fields on transformation temperature, transformation behavior and transformed structure have been investigated for bainitic transformation in an Fe-3.6Ni-1.45Cr-0.5C steel and for transformation to lath martensite in 18Ni maraging steel. Bs temperature was determined by observing the transformed structure and Ms temperature was measured from the cooling curve of the specimen. It was found that both Bs and Ms temperatures increase with increasing applied magnetic field. Bainitic transformation behavior is accelerated by the applied magnetic field. Elongated and aligned structures were observed for austenite to ferrite transformation in an Fe-0.4C alloy, but no elongation or alignment of transformed structure has been observed for transformations to bainite and lath martensite. [doi:10.2320/matertrans.MI200718] (Received June 7, 2007; Accepted July 19, 2007; Published September 12, 2007) Keywords: transformation temperature, transformation behavior, transformed structure, Bs, Ms 1. Introduction Table 1 Chemical composition of specimens (mass%). Fe-Ni-Cr-C steel Processing in a high magnetic field is a promising method C Si Mn P S Al Ni Cr Fe to control microstructures and properties of steels. Several 0