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J O U R N A L O F M A T E R I A L S S C I E N C E L E T T E R S 2 1, 2 0 0 2, 1253 – 1255 Empirical formula of isothermal bainite start temperature of steels Y.-K. LEE Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea E-mail: yklee@yonsei.ac.kr Bainitic transformation has the upper limit of isother- 0.32Ni − 4.80Cr − 1.99Mo) in Table 4 of their pa- mal transformation temperature, so-called Bs temper- per, they reported that the measured Bs temperature is ature. There are only a few articles about the relation- 371 ◦C, the value predicted by Equation 2 is 373 ◦C, and ship between steel chemistry and Bs temperature, while the value predicted by Steven and Haynes’ equation is many formulae for Ms temperature have been proposed. 149 ◦C, indicating that Equation 2 gives a good predic- Steven and Haynes [1] first suggested a simple equation tion. But both predicted values were miscalculated. If to predict the Bs temperature as a function of chemistry they are recalculated, Kunitake and Okada’s equation using British Steels data, which are isothermal transfor- gives 418 ◦C, and Steven and Haynes’ equation 211 ◦C. mation diagrams of the steels with two separate curves Kirkaldy and Venugopalan [3] modified Steven and between pearlite and bainite and clear Bs temperature. Haynes’ formula using US Steels isothermal transfor- Their formula is: mation diagrams to predict the Bs temperatures of low alloy steels as well as high alloy steels. Their equation ◦ is: Bs ( C) = 830 − 270C − 90Mn − 37Ni −70Cr − 83Mo (in weight percent) (1)