TTT diagram

Isothermal Transformation Diagram

 Procedure to plot TTT diagram
• Austenetization: A large no. of steel samples are heated to
austenetizing temp.
• Homogenization: The samples are held at this temp for
sufficient time so as to obtain homogeneous ϒ.
• Intermediate cooling: Then samples are transferred to a salt
bath kept at a constant temp between A1 and Ms.
• Remove these samples one by one at fixed interval of time .
• Quenching : Quenching in water/Brine(10 % salt) solution.
• Metallography.
• Find out time of start of transformation and end of
transformation.
Procedure fot Plotting of TTT dia.
Rate of transformation
Assignment
Continuous cooling transformation
diagram(CCT dia)
CCT superimposed on TTT

350
C/s 140
C/s 35 C/s
100 C/s 5 C/s
Heat Treatment Cycle
TTT diagram for alloy steel