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in relation to austenite was revealed by Kurdyumov together 

 with A. A. Ivens and G. Zaks (1929-30). He further established 

 that the normal mutual orientation of crystal lattices of the 

 initial and resulting phases occurs according to a general pat- 

 tern of phase transformations in solids. In 1932-39, Kurdyumov 

 made studies of metastable states and phase transformations in 

 copper alloys. The theory of these transformations permitted 

 Kurdyumov to discover in 1948 the isothermic transformation 

 of martensite at low temperatures and the thermoelastic 

 equilibrium in martensite transformation. 



In February 1962, Kurdyumov visited the United States to 

 attend the Aluminum Symposium and annual meeting of the 

 American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum 

 Engineers. (University of Illinois at Urbana and AIME, New 

 York). 

 Bibliography: 



Thermal treatment of steel in light of X-ray study. Journal 

 of the Metal Industry, 1932, #9. 



Common patterns of phase transformations in eutectoid al- 

 loys. Izvest. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Otdel. Mat. i Estest. 

 Nauk, Ser. Khim., 1936, #2. 



Toward a theory of hardening and tempering steel. Col- 

 lection of Scientific Papers of the Section of Metal-Working 

 and Thermal Treatment of the VNITO Metallurgists. Mos- 

 cow: 1940. 



Application of methods of X-ray structural analysis for 

 study of tempering of hardened steel. Questions of the 

 Physics of Metals and Metalworking, Collection of Scientific 

 Papers of the Section of Metalworking. . ., #2. Kiev: 1950. 

 Non-diffused (martensitic) transformations in alloys. Zhur. 

 Tekh. Fiz., 1948, 18, #8. 



On the nature of hardened steel. Zhur. Tekh. Fiz., 1954, 24, 

 #7. 



Application of radioactive isotopes for study of diffusion and 

 interatomic interactions in alloys. Application of Isotopes 

 in Technology of Biology and Agriculture. Moscow: 1955 

 (Reports of the Soviet Delegation to the International Confer- 

 ence on Peaceful Use of Atomic Energy, Geneva, 1955). 

 IJber den Mechanismus der Phasenumwandlungen in den 

 Eutectoidlegierungen. Physikalische Zeitschrift der Sowjet- 

 union, 1933, 4, #3. 

 Biography: 



Kurdyumov Georgii Vyacheslav. Vestnik Akad. Nauk 

 S.S.S.R., 1954, #3, 48. 



