This work describes the results of validation trials of a formal model for the martensite transformation curve in steels. The model is based on microstructural evolution and accepted aspects of athermal, isothermal, mechanical-induced as well as magnetic-assisted martensite transformation modes. The model is operational for martensite and applicable to other intragrain transformations. The paper also explores the extension of the formalism to bainite.
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