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Martensitic transformation involves the translation of a glissile interface, whose motion can be retarded by defects introduced into the parent austenite. Quantitative measurements of this process of mechanical stabilisation in a eutectoid steel have been compared successfully against a recent theory for the phenomenon.
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Maalekian et al. (2007) studied this question.
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