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A typical microstructure characteristic of massive transformation such as “boundary crossing” and “irregular and jagged boundaries” was observed in an Fe–Cu alloy after water quenching and after cooling at a rate of 0.1 °C s-1, which is far slower than that specified previously for the massive reaction. On the basis of the microstructure evolution and differential thermal analysis (DTA), it is shown that the massive transformation from γ to α occurs during isothermal holding at 810 °C but not at 830 °C. During isothermal holding at 810 °C, the composition of the supercooled γ phase is shifted into the metastable α one-phase region with the continuous precipitation of the Cu-rich ε phase. These experimental results imply that the supercooling into the one-phase region is a sufficient condition for the massive reaction to operate as long as the supercooled temperature is high enough to allow the thermally activated atomic jumps across the phase boundary.
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Hwang, N.M., Yoon, D.Y. Massive transformation in an Fe–Cu alloy. Journal of Materials Science 32, 4847–4855 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018655603436
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