ASM member Russell Sherman receives award from International Titanium Association

The International Titanium Association, Eastlake, Colo., announces that Russell Gordon Sherman, a member of ASM International, has been awarded its 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in developing titanium alloys, pioneering the high-volume production of titanium aerospace fasteners, and designing heat treating protocols for the titanium industry.

Martensite formation temperature altered by alloying elements

Alloying elements alter the Ms temperature significantly, but do not alter the characteristic that transformation is largely independent of cooling rate. In maraging steels, fully martensitic structures are formed even during very slow cooling of heavy sections from the solution-annealing temperature.