19th Alemi Meeting

Alloying Element Effects on Migrating Interfaces

ALEMI is a response to two scientific/technological driving forces: the first is an increasing emphasis on the modeling of the phase transformations in steels with the object of predicting the microstructural consequences of their processing; the second is a related renewed interest in the fundamentals of alloying element interactions with transformation interfaces. A series of annual informal workshops was initiated with focus on the effects of alloying elements on the growth of ferrite from austenite.

Key literature

The purpose of this page is to guide the reader through the rich literature on the effect of alloying elements on migrating interfaces. Six topics are briefly reviewed below with references to the key literature.

• Contact conditions for gamma to alpha Transformation in Ternary Fe-C-X Part I: Thermodynamic Models
  Gary R. Purdy
• Contact conditions for gamma to alpha Transformation in Ternary Fe-C-X Part II: Kinetic Models
  Annika Borgenstam and Mats Hillert
• Contact conditions for gamma to alpha Transformation in Ternary Fe-C-X Part III: Other approaches
  Mats Hillert
• Interface Chemistry and Structure
  Masato Enomoto
• Widmanstatten Ferrite and Bainite
  Mats Hillert
• Bainite Controversy - Selected Papers and Presentations
  • History of Bainite
    M. Hillert
  • A Debate on the Bainite Reaction (Metallurgical Transactions, May 1972, Volume 3, Issue 5 pp 1077-1094)
    R. F. Hehemann, K. R. Kinsman and H. I. Aaronson
  • Displacive vs diffusional transformations - the determining factors
    J. Agren
  • Evidence for the Diffusional Mechanism
    A. Borgenstam