Effect of grain size on the intrinsic mechanical stability of austenite in transformation-induced plasticity steels: The competition between martensite transformation and dislocation slip

The deformation accompanied by austenite to martensite trans-formation was first studied in Fe-Ni alloys,high-Mn steels,and austenitic stainless steels with a full austenite microstructure.The plasticity of these steels can be improved by the trans-formation during deformation and hence they were named as transformation-induced plasticity(TRIP)steels[1].