Table of Contents

1. Crystal Structures and Mechanisms. 2. Thermodynamics. 3. Diffusion. 4. Ferrite by Reconstructive Transformation. 5. Martensite. 6. Bainite. 7. Widmanstatten Ferrite. 8. Cementite. 9. Other Fe-C Carbides. 10. Nitrides. 11. Substitutionally-Alloyed Precipitates. 12. Pearlite. 13. Aspects of Kinetic Theory

About the Author

Harshad K. D. H. Bhadeshia is the Tata Steel Professor of Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge. His main interest has been on the theory of solid-state phase transformations with emphasis on the prediction and verification of microstructural
development in complex metallic alloys, particularly multicomponent steels. He has authored or co-authored some 700 publications including several books. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, the Royal Academy of Engineering, and a Foreign Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering (India). Professor Bhadeshia was in 2015 appointed a Knights Bachelor in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to Science and Technology.