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The variation of retained austenite content in heat treated steels is studied here by an X-ray diffraction technique. It is found that the retained austenite content in steel samples studied increases with the austenitizing temperature and decreases slowly with the tempering temperature up to 177 °C. Above this temperature, it decreases very rapidly until at the tempering temperature of 260 °C it becomes completely zero. The effects of surface preparation on the results of X-ray diffraction measurements are also demonstrated.
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Banerjee, R.L. X-ray determination of retained austenite. J. Heat Treating 2, 147–150 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02833231
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