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A metastable, body-centered tetragonal (BCT) phase formed via a diffusionless, displacive shear transformation of austenite during rapid cooling; while most commonly associated with steels, martensitic transformations also occur in various other alloy systems.

Contributed by: Christopher Rauch
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Updated: Jul 20, 2026

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