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ver, since the steels has begun, and its eventual use in analyzing more complex microstructures such as found in 
f ferrite, the higher strength steels, welds, hot and cold deformation and forming operations is under development. 
the specimen 
of isothermal Acknowledgements 
tially higher 
The authors would like to thank the Basic Metals Processing Research Institute, Department of 
Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pittsburgh and its industrial and governmental 
sponsors for the generous support of this work. 
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