Kinetic transitions and Mn partitioning during austenite growth from a mixture of partitioned cementite and ferrite: Role of heating rate

Geng Liu^a, Zongbiao Dai^a, Zhigang Yang^a, Chi Zhang^a, Jun Li^b, Hao Chen^a^,^*(

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Fig. 2.. Initial microstructures before austenitization: (a) Image quality maps with phase maps marking cementite in yellow; (b) orientation map; (c) SEM image showing the microstructure of one cementite particle in ferrite matrix; (d) Mn profile along the scanning line in Fig. 2(c); (e) Statistics of Mn content in cementite and its surrounding ferrite at a 20 × 20 um² square in a SEM image.