1. A microstructure in steel produced by rapid cooling from the austenite phase, consisting of a mixture of ferrite and cementite; a metallurgical product of the austempering process.
Usage: technical; metallurgy

1. To subject steel to austempering, a heat treatment process that produces ausforms.
Usage: technical; metallurgy

Examples

• The engineer specified ausforms for the component to achieve superior toughness and wear resistance.
• Ausforms provide better mechanical properties than conventional quenched and tempered steel.
• The metallurgist ausforms the steel at a controlled temperature to obtain the desired microstructure.
• Ausforms are commonly used in automotive and industrial applications requiring high strength and ductility.
• The process of creating ausforms involves holding the steel in the austenite region before cooling.