This is the region in which fine aggregates of ferrite plates (or laths) and cementite particles are formed. The generic terms for these intermediate structures is bainite, after Edgar Bain who with ...

They have less elastic strain than martensite and the carbide phase is more dispersed giving a more ductile material. Pearlite and bainite can also have their cementite morphology changed to this ...

To achieve this, the steel must be quenched at a rate sufficiently rapid to avoid the decomposition of austenite during cooling to such products as ferrite, pearlite and bainite. The effectiveness of ...