The nature and characteristics of the way carbon present in steel is distributed spatially and over states may be related to quasichemical ’reactions’ that lead to the formation in austenite (γ-Fe — C) and ferrite (α-Fe — C) of ’carbo-austenite’ and ’carbo-ferrite molecules’ (nanocomplexes) consisting, along with C atoms, of, respectively, γ-Fe or α-Fe and of octahedral γ- or α-interstitials. In this way, various aspects of the quasichemical dissolution and diffusion ’reactions’ of carbon in the material can be determined, as can the quasichemical component of the martensite transformation (MT) mechanism in carbon steels.

PACS: 61.72.−y, 62.20.−x, 81.30.Kf (all) DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0181.201105b.0483 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2011/5/b/ 000294814900002 2-s2.0-80051896074 2011PhyU...54..465N Citation: Nechaev Yu S "The distribution of carbon in steels" Phys. Usp. 54 465–471 (2011) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)Medline RefWorks RT Journal T1 The distribution of carbon in steels A1 Nechaev,Yu.S. PB Physics-Uspekhi PY 2011 FD 10 May, 2011 JF Physics-Uspekhi JO Phys. Usp. VO 54 IS 5 SP 465-471 DO 10.3367/UFNe.0181.201105b.0483 LK https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2011/5/b/ Received: 15th, August 2010, revised: 18th, September 2010, accepted: 21st, September 2010 Оригинал: Нечаев Ю С «Распределение углерода в сталях» УФН 181 483–490 (2011); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0181.201105b.0483