MEE4042 Heat Treatment

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Tuğçe YILDIZ

Time-Temperature-Transformation (TTT)
All basic heat treatments applied to steels are related to the transformation of the
internal structure. The type, composition and metallographic nature of the
transformation products greatly affect the physical and mechanical properties of the
steel. In other words; The physical and mechanical properties of a steel depend on the
type, amount and metallographic structure of the transformation products it contains.
Fe-C diagrams can only depict a condition when Fe and C are in equilibrium with one
another. But the amount of time spent heating and cooling is equally important in heat
treatment processes.
T (Time) T(Temperature) T(Transformation) diagram is a plot of temperature versus
the logarithm of time for a steel alloy of definite composition. It is used to determine
when transformations begin and end for an isothermal (constant temperature) heat
treatment of an alloy.
Complete TTT diagram for Fe-C alloy of
eutectoid composition
A : Eutectoid
M: Martensitic
P : Pearlite
B : Bainite
Complete TTT diagram for Fe-C alloy of
eutectoid composition
Time-Temperature-Transformation (TTT)
TTT diagram for Fe-C alloy of eutectoid composition
Rapid and slow cooling curves on TTT diagram for
Fe-C alloy of eutectoid composition

Fine Pearlite Coarse Pearlite

Microstructural Determinations for Three
Isothermal Heat Treatments
Possible transformations involving the decomposition
of austenite.
Hardness (at room temperature) versus tempering time
for a water-quenched eutectoid carbon (1080) steel
Isothermal transformation diagrams for different alloys