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Structure of Retained Austenite in Plain Carbon Steels

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There are many indications that retained austenite in quenched plain carbon steels should be regarded as a face-centred tetragonally distorted structure and not face-centred cubic as heretofore.

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WRAZEJ, W. Structure of Retained Austenite in Plain Carbon Steels. Nature 160, 93 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160093a0

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