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Title: Discussion: ''toughness variations during the tempering of a plain carbon martensitic steel'' by J. E. King, R. F. Smith and J. F. Knott. Retained austenite and transgranular tempered martensite embrittlement

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OSTI ID:5154512

Discussion is presented to substantiate, clarify and reinterpret some of the results of the above authors for the existence and origin of tempered martensite embrittlement (TME) in relation to retained austenite, with reference to the experimental steels worked at LBL for the past several years.

Research Organization:
California Univ., Berkeley (USA). Lawrence Berkeley Lab.
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
5154512
Report Number(s):
LBL-6295; CONF-770601-5
Resource Relation:
Conference: 4. international conference on fracture, Waterloo, Canada, 19 Jun 1977
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English