A new approach to isothermal precipitation kinetics of carbides in und
ercooled austenite has been proposed firstly, which is based on measur
ing the changes of M-s paint vs holding time at a certain temperature.
The isothermal precipitation kinetics (PTT) curve of carbides was obt
ained by the use of the method for 13Cr-8Mn-0.07N stainless steel, and
compared with the results of chemical phase analysis and TEM method.
The results show that the new method is more sensitive and convenient
than the other methods.