Thermodynamics of martensitic transformations in the framework of the CALPHAD approach

Martensitic phases occur in a number of metallic materials, and are metastable in many systems. They have been of significant importance in steels for a long time, and have generated a great interest in Shape Memory Alloys (SMA) in recent years. This review describes a thermodynamic and kinetic approach for modelling martensitic phases in the framework of the CALPHAD approach.