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The 12 pages that link to Martensite, each with the reason it gives.

• Stainless steelRelated: Some stainless steels can be hardened by heat treatment through martensite formation.

• SteelBroader topic: Quenching can create martensite, raising hardness while often increasing brittleness.

• QuenchingBroader topic: It is the principal structure sought when steel is quenched for hardness.

• Carbon steelRelated: Its formation explains the sharp hardness increase possible in quenched carbon steel.

• TemperingRelated: Tempering modifies the martensite produced by hardening, reducing its brittleness.

• AusteniteRelated: Rapid cooling can transform austenite directly into this hard phase.

• FerriteCompared with: Unlike ferrite, martensite traps carbon and forms through a diffusionless transformation.

• CementiteCompared with: Unlike cementite, martensite is a distorted iron phase rather than an iron carbide compound.

• Tool steelRelated: Quenching can form martensite, giving tool steel high hardness before tempering.

• Alloy steelBroader topic: Hardenability describes how deeply alloy steel can form this phase during quenching.

• Spring steelRelated: Quenched spring steels often depend on a martensitic structure for high strength.

• Heat treatingBroader topic: Rapid quenching can create martensite, producing high hardness and brittleness.