Does martensite formation take place in austenitic ss321 without heating the specimen upto austenitic temperature ? Since I have come across a paper regarding the microstructural characterization of SS321 below ambient temperature which says "the martensite formation takes place when the specimen is kept a cryogenic condition under strain. Does this infer that martensite has been formed because of the cryo condition or due to the straining or is it a combined effect? Can martensite be formed only by cryo and without straining conditions?
Paper refered : Microstructural Characterization of 321 austenitic stainless steel below ambient temperatures Leonidas Karavias1, Nikolaos Makris2, Angelos Kaldellis3 , Anastasia Alexandratou1, Stavros Deligiannis1, Petros Tsakiridis3 and George Fourlaris3