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Complete guide to the eutectoid reaction in steel (γ → α + Fe₃C at 0.77%C, 727°C). Covers cooperative ferrite-cementite growth, lamellar spacing, Avrami kinetics, colony formation, and the relationship to hypo- and hypereutectoid steels.
Complete guide to grain boundaries in metals. Covers low-angle tilt/twist boundaries, high-angle boundaries, CSL boundaries, grain boundary energy, solute segregation (P, S, B, H), Hall-Petch equation, and grain refinement.