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Martensite
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<p>Martensite is a very <a href="/facts/Hardness/PtGn6E20">hard</a> form of <a href="/facts/Steel/aN6qWo4H">steel</a> crystalline structure. It is named after German metallurgist <a href="/facts/Adolf_Martens/u0R6B4og">Adolf Martens</a>. By analogy the term can also refer to any crystal structure that is formed by <a href="/facts/Diffusionless_transformation/jsv8IJS2">diffusionless transformation</a>. </p>