The α′-martensite formation in the corrosion-resistant 12Kh18N10T steel unirradiated and irradiated by neutrons (to a dose
of 5 × 10
18 cm
−2) is studied by magnetometric measurements during its static deformation in the course of repeated unloading-loading cycles.
Kinetic curves are plotted, and the parameters of the variation in the α′-martensite content in deformed samples are determined
for the following two types of measurements: under loading (dynamic curve of α′-martensite accumulation) and unloading (static
curve). The nature of the complex change in the magnetization of the deformed steel samples during unloading, which manifests
itself in detecting the so-called elastic martensite, is discussed.
PACS numbers 62.20.-x
Original Russian Text © O.P. Maksimkin, K.V. Tsai, 2008, published in Metally, 2008, No. 5, pp. 39–47.