Difference between revisions of "Martensite"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(username removed) |
(username removed) |
(No difference)
| |
Revision as of 06:38, 24 July 2013
Description
A hard, needle-like crystalline form of carbon steel made by fast cooling. Martensite, named for a German chemist in 1895, is the chief constituent of hardened steel. It is also formed as a decomposition product of austenite. Martensite has been found in ancient materials (Scott, 1991).
Synonyms and Related Terms
martensite (Fr.); Martensit (Deut.); martensiet (Ned.); martensite (Port.)
Additional Information
D.Scott, Metallography and Microstructure of Ancient and Historic Metals. Getty Conservation Institute, 1991.