Transformation, isothermal finish

On cooling to an isothermal temperature below the martensite start (Mg) jwint of790 5 °C (1454 9 °F), first some a phase is formed above Mg and then the remaining, predominate portion of the p phase is transformed into a supersaturated hexagonal martensite (a"). Below Mg and above the martensite finish (Mf) temperature of 740 5 °C (1364 9 °F), there remains a residual P phase, which is probably transformed isothermally to a phase. The resulting structure for isothermal reaction is a + a", where the a" phase below 750 °C (1380 °F) decomposes discontinuously into a two-phase a + p structure and a metastable P phase enriched with p-stabilizing elements. 

Experimental time-temperature-transformation (TXT) diagram for Ti-Mo. Xhe start and finish times of the isothermal precipitation reaction vary with temperature as a result of the temperature dependence of the nucleation and growth processes. Precipitation is complete, at any temperature, when the equilibrium fraction of a is established in accordance with the lever rule. Xhe solid horizontal line represents the athermal (or nonthermally activated) martensitic transformation that occurs when the p phase is quenched. 

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