2. Draw schematic diagrams to show how growth rate and nucleation rate should vary with temperature for diffusional transformations that are induced by an increase in temperature.
3. Explain the microstructure evolution in path 2 and 3 in the following TTT diagram
900
Austenite
Highest temperature at which ferrite can form
1100
800
1
Eutectoid temperature
1000
700
2
Pearlite transformation starts
Pearlite transformation ends
900
600
Bainite transformation ends
500
400
3
Ms
M50
300
M90
800
700
600
500
200
Bainite
Ferrite and pearlite
Ferrite and martensite
10 100 103 104 105 Time, in seconds
400
100 .5 1
106
FIG. 18.39 Arbitrary time-temperature paths on the isothermal diagram of a hypoeutectoid steel