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BAINITE : MOBILITY OF THE TRANSFORMATION INTERFACE

H. Bhadeshia

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H. Bhadeshia. BAINITE : MOBILITY OF THE TRANSFORMATION INTERFACE. Journal de

Physique Colloques, 1982, 43 (C4), pp.C4-437-C4-441. �10.1051/jphyscol:1982467�. �jpa-00222186�

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Colloque C4, supple'ment au n o 12, Tome 43, de'cembre 1982 page C4-437

BAINITE : MOBILITY OF THE TRANSFORMATION INTERFACE

H.K.D.H. B h a d e s h i a

University of Cambridge, Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Pembroke S t r e e t , Cambridge, U . K .

( A c c e p t e d 9 A u g u s t 1 9 8 2 )

A b s t r a c t .

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E x p e r i m e n t a l e v i d e n c e is p r o v i d e d t o show t h a t t h e i n t e r f a c e r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e a u s t e n i t e t o b a i n i t e t r a n s f o r m a t i o n e x h i b i t s t h e e s s e n t i a l c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f a g l i s s i l e , s e m i - c o h e r e n t i n t e r f a c e . The e x p e r i m e n t s i n v o l v e a c o m p a r i s o n between t h e r a t e o f f o r m a t i o n o f b a i n i t e , and t h e m o b i l i t y o f an i n t e r f a c e whose m o t i o n d o e s n o t l e a d t o t h e f o r m a t i o n o f i n v a r i a n t - p l a n e s t r a i n s u r f a c e r e l i e f e f f e c t s . It is d e m o n s t r a t e d t h a t t r u e t h e r m a l l y a c t i v a t e d m o t i o n o f t h e l a t t e r k i n d o f i n t e r f a c e i s e x t r e m e l y s l o w a t t h e t e m p e r a t u r e s where b a i n i t e forms.

I n t r o d u c t i o n .

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An FCC ( f a c e c e n t e r e d c u b i c ) l a t t i c e c a n n o t b e homogeneously deformed i n t o a BCC ( b o d y c e n t e r e d c u b i c ) l a t t i c e by a s t r a i n which i s an i n v a r i a n t - p l a n e s t r a i n ( I P S ) , and it f o l l o w s ( 1 ) t h a t t h e s e c r y s t a l s c a n n o t be j o i n e d by an i n t e r f a c e which is f u l l y c o h e r e n t , e x c e p t when t h e i n t e r f a c i a l a r e a i n v o l v e d i s v e r y s m a l l . For l a r g e r a r e a s o f c o n t a c t , t h e s t r u c t u r e o f t h e i n t e r f a c e w i l l i n g e n e r a l c o n s i s t o f c o h e r e n t r e g i o n s s e p a r a t e d b y p e r i o d i c d i s c o n t i n u i t i e s which p r e v e n t t h e m i s f i t i n t h e i n t e r f a c e p l a n e form a c c u m u l a t i n g o v e r l a r g e d i s t a n c e s , i n o r d e r t o m i n i m i s e e l a s t i c s t r a i n s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h e i n t e r f a c e . T h e r e a r e two k i n d s o f s e m i - c o h e r e n c y (1-3)

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i f t h e d i s c o n t i n u i t i e s d i s c u s s e d above a r e s c r e w d i s l o c a t i o n s , o r d i s l o c a t i o n s whose b u r g e r s v e c t o r d o e s n o t l i e i n t h e i n t e r f a c e p l a n e , t h e n t h e s e m i - c o h e r e n c y is o f t h e t y p e a s s o c i a t e d w i t h g l i s s i l e m a r t e n s i t i c i n t e r f a c e s , whose m o t i o n i s c o n s e r v a t i v e . and l e a d s t o an I P S s h a p e change. A l t e r n a t i v e l y , t h e d i s l o c a t i o n s which c o n s t i t u t e t h e d i s c o n t i n u i t i e s may h a v e b u r g e r s v e c t o r s which l i e i n t h e i n t e r f a c e p l a n e , n o t p a r a l l e l t o t h e d i s l o c a t i o n l i n e , g i v i n g " e p i t a x i a l " s e m i - c o h e r e n c y ( 1 - 3 ) , F i g . I.

C l e a r l y , t h e normal d i s p l a c e m e n t o f s u c h an i n t e r f a c e n e c e s s i t a t e s t h e t h e r m a l l y a c t i v a t e d c l i m b o f t h e m i s f i t d i s l o c a t i o n s , s o t h a t t h e i n t e r f a c e can o n l y move i n a n o n - c o n s e r v a t i v e manner, w i t h r e l a t i v e l y r e s t r i c t e d m o b i l i t y a t l o w t e m p e r a t u r e s . The n a t u r e o f t h e s h a p e c h a n g e t h a t a c c o m p a n i e s t h e m o t i o n o f an e p i t a x i a l l y semi- c o h e r e n t i n t e r f a c e i s more d i f f i c u l t t o a s s e s s . A s d i s c u s s e d by C h r i s t i a n (1-3), t h e u p w a r d s n o n - c o n s e r v a t i v e movement o f t h e b o u n d a r y AD ( F i g . 1 ) t o a new p o s i t i o n C'D' would c h a n g e t h e s h a p e o f a r e g i o n ACDB o f t h e p a r e n t c r y s t a l t o a s h a p e AC'D'B o f t h e p r o d u c t p h a s e . The s h a p e c h a n g e amounts t o a u n i a x i a l c o n t r a c t i o n normal t o AB t o g e t h e r w i t h a s h e a r component p a r a l l e l t o t h e i n t e r f a c e p l a n e (i.e., an i n v a r i a n t - p l a n e s t r a i n ) . B e c a u s e o f t h e d i s l o c a t i o n c l i m b i m p l i c i t i n t h e p r o c e s s , t h e t o t a l number o f a t o m s i n r e g i o n s ACDB and AC'D'B w i l l n o t be e q u a l , t h e d i f f e r e n c e b e i n g removed by d i f f u s i o n normal t o t h e i n t e r f a c e p l a n e . Atom movements a r e t h e r e f o r e n e c e s s a r y ( a t l e a s t ) o v e r a d i s t a n c e e q u a l t o t h a t moved by t h e b o u n d a r y , c o r r e s p o n d i n g t o t h e t h i c k n e s s o f t h e t r a n s f o r m e d r e g i o n . If t h i s c o n s t i t u t e s t h e o n l y d i f f u s i o n a l f l u x t h a t a c c o m p a n i e s i n t e r f a c e m o t i o n , t h a n t h e s h e a r component o f t h e s h a p e c h a n g e w i l l

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n o t be d e s t r o y e d , and t h e t r a n s f o r m a t i o n w i l l e x h i b i t t h e s u r f a c e r e l i e f e f f e c t s ( a n d c o r r e s p o n d i n g s t r a i n e n e r g y ) n o r m a l l y a s s o c i a t e d w i t h d i s p l a c i v e t r a n s f o r m a t i o n s . The m o b i l i t y w i l l , o f c o u r s e , be l i m i t e d by t h e c l i m b p r o c e s s . T h i s means ( 3 ) t h a t t h e d e t e c t i o n o f an IPS s u r f a c e r e l i e f e f f e c t , w i t h a s h e a r component, d o e s n o t n e c e s s a r i l y i m p l y t h e e x i s t e n c e o f a g l i s s i l e m a r t e n s i t e t y p e s e m i - c o h e r e n t i n t e r f a c e . However, C h r i s t i a n ( 3 ) h a s p o i n t e d o u t t h a t s i n c e a t o m s

have

t o m i g r a t e o v e r l a r g e d i s t a n c e s when an e p t a x i a l l y s e m i - c o h e r e n t i n t e r f a c e moves, t h e y s h o u l d a l s o be a b l e t o p r o d u c e a n e t f l o w p a r a l l e l t o t h e i n t e r f a c e , t h u s e l i m i n a t i n g t h e s h e a r component o f t h e s h a p e c h a n g e , and i t s a s s o c i a t e d s t r a i n e n e r g y . R e f e r r i n g t o Fig.1, t h i s would i n v o l v e t h e d i f f u s i o n o f m a t t e r c o n t a i n e d i n t h e r e g i o n BF'D' t o r e g i o n AFC', i n a d i r e c t i o n p a r a l l e l t o t h e i n t e r f a c e . Hence, it h a s been c o n s i d e r e d i m p r o b a b l e ( 1 - 3 ) t h a t an a t o m i c c o r r e s p o n d e n c e can be m a i n t a i n e d d u r i n g n o n - c o n s e r v a t i v e i n t e r f a c e m o t i o n .

F i g u r e 1 Diagram i l l u s t r a t i n g t h e n a t u r e o f t h e s h a p e c h a n g e accompanying t h e movement o f an e p i t a x i a i l y s e m i - c o h e r e n t i n t e r f a c e .

Such an a r g u m e n t d o e s , however, i g n o r e t h e f a c t t h a t t h e c l i m b m o t i o n o f t h e m i s f i t d i s l o c a t i o n s o c c u r s t h r o u g h a d i s t a n c e e q u a l t o t h e t h i c k n e s s o f t h e p l a t e AC'D'B ( F i g . l ) , w h e r e a s t h e f l o w n e c e s s a r y t o e l i m i n a t e t h e s h e a r component o f t h e s h a p e c h a n g e h a s t o o c c u r t h r o u g h a much g r e a t e r d i s t a n c e e q u a l t o t h e l e n g t h o f t h e p l a t e . The + , h i c k n e s s t o l e n g t h r a t i o o f s u c h p l a t e s is a l w a y s v e r y s m a l l ( f o r good e l a s t i c a c c o m m o d a t i o n ) , and h e n c e it s e e m s f e a s i b l e t h a t IPS s h a p e c h a n g e s w i t h s h e a r components

will

be o b s e r v e d , even when t h e i n t e r f a c e m o t i o n is n o n - c o n s e r v a t i v e i n t h e s e n s e d i s c u s s e d above.

T h e r e a r e some i m p o r t a n t r e s e r v a t i o n s t o t h i s s t a t e m e n t , t h e f i r s t b e i n g t h a t t h e f r e e e n e r g y c h a n g e d r i v i n g t h e i n t e r f a c e must c l e a r l y be g r e a t e r t h a n t h e s t r a i n e n e r g y due t o t h e s h a p e change. Second' y, t h e d e g r e e o f s e m i - c o h e r e n c y ( i n t e r m s o f t h e s p a c i n g o f t h e m i s f i t d i s l o c a t i o n s ) must a l s o be i m p o r t a n t , s i n c e t h e t o t a l

flux

o f a t o m s normal t o t h e i n t e r f a c e , n e c e s s a r y f o r t h e c l i m b o f t h e m i s f i t d i s l o c a t i o n s , w i l l i n c r e a s e a s t h e dislocations become more c l o s e l y s p a c e d . T h e r e w i l l c l e a r l y be a s t a g e when t h e

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t i m e r e q u i r e d t o a c h i e v e t h e d i f f u s i o n a l

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normal t o t h e i n t e r f a c e p l a n e becomes e q u a l t o t h a t n e c e s s a r y t o d i f f u s e m a t t e r p a r a l l e l t o t h e i n t e r f a c e ( i n o r d e r t o e l i m i n a t e t h e s h e a r component o f t h e s h a p e c h a n g e ) , d e s p i t e t h e d i f f e r e n c e i n d i f f u s i o n d i s t a n c e s p o i n t e d o u t e a r l i e r .

I n summary, t h e e x a m i n a t i o n o f s u r f a c e r e l i e f e f f e c t may n o t e n a b l e d i s t i n c t i o n between t h e two k i n d s o f semi-coherency. The p u r p o s e o f t h e p r e s e n t work was t o r e s o l v e w h e t h e r t h e i n t e r f a c e s which a c c o m p l i s h b a i n i t i c t r a n f o r m a t i o n i n s t e e l s a r e g l i s s i l e , by e x a m i n i n g i n t e r f a c e m o b i l i t y .

R e s u l t s and D i s c u s s i o n .

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The a l l o y u s e d was p r e p a r e d a s i n Ref.4, and t h e f i n a l c o m p o s i t i o n (wt.pct.) was Fe-0.30C-4.08Cr. Most o f t h e e x p e r i m e n t a l d e t a i l s h a v e been p u b l i s h e d e l s e w h e r e (4.5). and some e a r l i e r r e s u l t s o f r e l e v a n c e ( 5 ) t o t h e p r e s e n t p r o b l e m a r e summarised below.

I t h a s been d e m o n s t r a t e d ( 5 ) t h a t t h e mechanism o f b a i n i t i c t r a n s f o r m a t i o n i n t h e a b o v e a l l o y i s c o n s i s t e n t w i t h t h e t h e o r y ( 6 , 7 ) t h a t t h e g r o w t h o f b a i n i t i c f e r r i t e o c c u r s b y t h e p r o p a g a t i o n o f m a r t e n s i t i c s u b - u n i t s , w i t h t h e r e d i s t r i b u t i o n o f e x c e s s c a r b o n o c c u r r i n g

after

t h e a c t u a l t r a n s f o r m a t i o n e v e n t . Hence, t h e f o r m a t i o n o f b a i n i t e h a s been shown t o c e a s e ( 5 - 7 ) when t h e c a r b o n c o n t e n t o f t h e r e s i d u a l a u s t e n i t e ( e n r i c h e d by t h e p o s t - t r a n s f o r m a t i o n p a r t i t i o n i n g o f c a r b o n from f e r r i t e t o a u s t e n i t e ) r e a c h e s a l e v e l which makes f u r t h e r d i f f u s i o n l e s s t r a n s f o r m a t i o n o f a u s t e n i t e t h e r m o d y n a m i c a l l y i m p o s s i b l e . T h i s d o c s n o t , however, mean t h a t d i f f u s i o n a l t r a n s ' f o r m a t i o n c a n n o t o c c u r beyond t h i s s t a g e (5.6). e v e n t h o u g h b a i n i t i c t r a n f o r m a t i o n may c e a s e .

i n t e r f a c e w i t h t h e a u s t e n i t e h a s d e g e n e r a t e d i n t o a s e r i e s o f p e r t u r b a t i o n s . Hence, B h a d e s h i a ( 6 ) found t h a t a s p e c i m e n o f Fe-0.30C-4.08Cr a u s t e n i t i s e d a t 1100.C f o r 1 0 mins and t h e n i s o t h e r m a l l y t r a n s f o r m e d a t 478.C f i r s t t r a n s f o r m e d t o b a i n i t e , b u t

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t h e b a i n i t e r e a c t i o n t e r m i n a t e d w i t h i n some 30 m i n u t e s , when t h e c a r b o n c o n t e n t o f t h e r e s i d u a l a u s t e n i t e was s u c h t h a t d i f f u s i o n l e s s t r a n s f o r m a t i o n became t h e r m o d y n a m i c a l l y i m p o s s i b l e . However, on c o n t i n u e d h o l d i n g o f t h e same s p e c i m e n a t t h e i s o h t e r m a l t r a n s f o r m a t i o n t e m p e r a t u r e (478-C) f o r 43 d a y s , a t l e a s t two d i f f e r e n t d i f f u s i o n a l t r a n s f o r m a t i o n s c o u l d be d e t e c t e d ( o n e o f t h e s e , t h e f o r m a t i o n o f a l l o y - p e a r l i t e from t h e a u s t e n i t e g r a i n b o u n d a r i e s i s n o t c o n s i d e r e d f u r t h e r ) . Under t h e i n f l u e n c e o f t h e p r o l o n g e d i s o t h e r m a l h e a t - t r e a t m e n t , t h e b a i n i t e - a u s t e n i t e i n t e r f a c e s d e g e n e r a t e d ( F i g . 2 ) i n t o a s e r i e s o f p e r t u r b a t i o n s .

These p e r t u r b a t i o n s grew d i f f u s i o n a l l y ( 6 ) i n t h e s e n s e t h a t t h e y d i d n o t e x h i b i t an IPS s h a p e c h a n g e ( u n l i k e t h e o r i g i n a l b a i n i t e p l a t e s ) , a l t h o u g h m i c r o a n a l y s i s i n d i c a t e d t h a t t h e y grew w i t h o u t a n y s u b s t i t u t i o n a l a l l o y i n g e l e m e n t p a r t i t i o n i n g . I t s h o u l d a l s o be n o t e d t h a t t h e morphology o f t h e p e r t u r b a t i o n s ( F i g . 2 ) is c l e a r l y i n c o n s i s t e n t w i t h t h e e x i s t e n c e o f a n y m a c r o s c o p i c a l l y o b v i o u s i n v a r i a n t p l a n e . The f e r r i t e c o r r e s p o n d i n g t o t h e p e r t u r b a t i o n s was found t o b e i n t h e same c r y s t a l l o g r a p h i c o r i e n t a t i o n a s t h e o r i g i n a l b a i n i t e ( i m p l y i n g c o n t i n u i t y ) . D e s p i t e a l l t h i s , it t o o k 43 d a y s f o r t h e p e r t u r b a t i o n s t o d e v e l o p and a c c o m p l i s h r o u g h l y t h e same d e g r e e o f t r a n f o r m a t i o n a s t h e b a i n i t e , w h i c h d e v e l o p e d v e r y r a p i d l y .

Growth R a t e A n a l y s i s . - The p e r t u r b a t i o n s i l l u s t r a t e d i n Fig.2 c o u l d be a c o n s e q u e n c e o f m o r p h o l o g i c a l i n s t a b i l i t y , o f t h e t y p e f i r s t d i s c u s s e d by M u l l i n s and S e k e r k a ( 8 ) . They shbwed t h a t a p l a n a r i n t e r f a c e , moving u n d e r t h e c o n d i t i o n s o f d i f f u s i o n c o n t r o l l e d g r o w t h , c a n s o m e t i m e s become u n s t a b l e and d e g e n e r a t e i n t o a s e r i e s o f p e r t u r b a t i o n s . It is t h e r e f o r e n e c e s s a r y t o examine w h e t h e r t h e p e r t u r b a t i o n s o b s e r v e d i n t h e p r e s e n t work g r e w a t a c a r b o n d i f f u s i o n c o n t r o l l e d r a t e .

The t h e o r y o f d i f f u s i o n c o n t r o l l e d g r o w t h ( f o r p l a t e l i k e m o r p h o l o g i e s ) h a s b e e n f u l l y d i s c u s s e d e l s e w h e r e ( 9 ) . b u t t h e f o l l o w i n g c r u c i a l p o i n t s s h o u l d be p o i n t e d o u t :

1 ) The d i f f u s i o n c o e f f i c i e n t o f c a r b o n i s c o n c e n t r a t i o n d e p e n d e n t , and t h e g r o w t h r a t e was c a l c u l a t e d on t h e b a s i s o f a c o n s t a n t d i f f u s i o n c o e f f i c i e n t e v a l u a t e d a s a w e i g h t e d a v e r a g e o v e r t h e c o m p o s i t i o n r a n g e i n t h e m a t r i x , a s d i s c u s s e d by T r i v e d i and Pound (9.10). The r e l e v a n t c o m p o s i t i o n r a n g e ( w h i c h d e l i m i t s t h e c a r b o n c o n c e n t r a t i o n p r o f i l e ahead o f t h e growing e d g e ) was t a k e n t o b e 0.0138

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0.0959 mole f r a c t i o n o f c a r b o n , t h e u p p e r l i m i t c o r r e s p o n d i n g t o t h e v a l u e g i v e n ( a t 478'C) by t h e ~ e ; c u r v e o f t h e p h a s e d i a g r a m ( F i g . 1 b o f Ref.6). The l o w e r l i m i t i s t h e a v e r a g e a l l o y c a r b o n c o n t e n t .

2 ) To o b t a i n t h e w e i g h t e d a v e r a g e d i f f u s i o n c o e f f i c i e n t (51, i t s c a r b o n c o n c e n t r a t i o n d e p e n d e n c e was e v a l u a t e d a s i n (11). t a k i n g f u l l a c c o u n t o f t h e i n f l u e n c e o f C r on t h e a c t i v i t y o f c a r b o n i n a u s t e n i t e .

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was t h u s found t o be 3.925 x an2 p e r second.

3 ) The i n t e r f a c i a l e n e r g y was t a k e n t o be 0.2 ~ / r n ~ , and t h e g r o w t h r a t e was c a l c u l a t e d o n t h e b a s i s o f Z e n e r ' s a s s u m p t i o n ( s e e Ref.9) t h a t t h e p l a t e t i p r a d i u s a d j u s t s i t s e l f t o a v a l u e c o n s i s t e n t w i t h t h e o c c u r r e n c e o f a maximum g r o w t h v e l o c i t y .

4 ) The g r o w t h r a t e was e v a l u a t e d u s i n g T r i v e d i ' s a n a l y s i s (Eqn.14 o f Ref.12) and t h e Gibbs-Thompson e f f e c t ( s e e Ref.9) was t a k e n i n t o a c c o u n t u s i n g e q u a t i o n 10 o f Ref.12.

A l l t h e s e c o n d i t i o n s s h o u l d g i v e an a c c u r a t e e s t i m a t e o f t h e maximum p o s s i b l e g r o w t h r a t e u n d e r c a r b o n d i f f u s i o n c o n t r o l . and t h i s was c a l c u l a t e d t o be 9.044 x m/s.

T a k i n g t h e e x p e r i m e n t a l time p e r i o d f o r t h e g r o w t h o f t h e p e r t u r b a t i o n s t o be 43 d a y s , and c h o o s i n g t h e maximum l e n g t h o f o b s e r v e d p e r t u r b a t i o n s ( a b o u t 0.5 m i c r o n s , F i g . 2 ) , t h e e x p e r i m e n t a l p e r t u r b a t i o n g r o w t h r a t e t u r n s o u t t o b e many o r d e r s o f m a g n i t u d e

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s m a l l e r , a t 1.4 x 10-'3 m / s . These r e s u l t s h a v e two i m p o r t a n t i m p l i c a t i o n s ; f i r s t l y , t h e p e r t u r b a t i o n s c a n n o t be r a t i o n a l i s e d i n t e r m s o f t h e M u l l i n s and S e k e r k a m o r p h o l o g i c a l i n s t a b i l i t y t h e o r y , s i n c e g r o w t h i s n o t a t a c a r b o n d i f f u s i o n c o n t r o l l e d r a t e . S e c o n d l y , t h e r e s u l t s c l e a r l y d e m o n s t r a t e t h a t t h e r m a l l y a c t i v a t e d i n t e r f a c e movement a t t h e t e m p e r a t u r e s where b a i n i t i c t r a n s f o r m a t i o n o c c u r s , i s f a r t o o s l o w t o a c c o u n t f o r t h e v e r y r a p i d i n i t i a l growth o f t h e b a i n i t e p l a t e s . I t f o l l o w s t h a t t h e i n t e r f a c e r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e b a i n i t e t r a n s f o r m a t i o n must b e o f a g l i s s i l e s e m i - c o h e r e n t t y p e . I t s h o u l d be n o t e d t h a t t h e r e s u l t s a r e p a r t i c u l a r l y s i g n i f i c a n t s i n c e t h e p e r t u r b a t i o n s h a v e t h e same o r i e n t a t i o n r e l a t i o n w i t h t h e p a r e n t a u s t e n i t e a s t h e o r i g i n a l b a i n i t i c f e r r i t e .

It r e m a i n s t o e x p l a i n t h e o r i g i n o f t h e p e r t u r b a t i o n s . 'This c a n b e done i n t e r m s o f t h e e a r l i e r d i s c u s s i o n o f t h e d i f f u s i o n n e c e s s a r y t o e l i m i n a t e t h e s h e a r component o f t h e s h a p e c h a n g e . C l e a r l y , t h e d i f f u s i o n d i s t a n c e o v e r which t h e a t o m s h a v e t o b e t r a n s p o r t e d t o e l i m i n a t e t h e s h e a r component would be m i n i m i s e d i f t h e o r i g i n a l n e a r l y p l a n a r b a i n i t e - a u s t e n i t e i n t e r f a c e d e g e n e r a t e s i n t o t h i n p e r t u r b a t i o n s ( t h e t h i n n e s s b e i n g i n a d i r e c t i o n p a r a l l e l t o t h e o r i n g i n a l i n t e r f a c e p l a n e ) .

C o n c l u s i o n s .

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I t is b e l i e v e d t h a t t h e p r e s e n t e x p e r i m e n t s p r o v i d e s t r o n g e v i d e n c e t o s u g g e s t t h a t t h e i n t e r f a c e which a c c o m p l i s h e s b a i n i t i c t r a n s f o r m a t i o n i n s t e e l s h a s a g l i s s i l e s t r u c t u r e .

I t is a l s o s u g g e s t e d t h a t u n d e r c i r c u m s t a n c e s where t h e d r i v i n g f o r c e f o r t r a n s f o r m a t i o n can f u l l y a c c o u n t f o r t h e s t r a i n e n e r g y t h a t a c c o m p a n i e s IPS e f f e c t s , and when t h e d e g r e e o f i n t e r f a c i a l c o h e r e n c y i s h i g h , t h e movement o f e p i t a x i a l l y semi- c o h e r e n t i n t e r f a c e s is n o t l i k e l y t o l e a d t o an e l i m i n a t i o n o f t h e s h e a r component o f t h e s h a p e c h a n g e .

Acknowledgment.

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I am g r a t e f u l t o P r o f e s s o r R.W.K. Honeycombe FRS f o r t h e p r o v i s i o n o f l a b o r a t o r y f a c i l i t i e s .

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