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THE investigation of the transformation process of the hexagonal α- into the cubic β-modification of zirconium by means of X-rays1 led to the conclusion that this process is brought about by a homogeneous transformation (shearing combined with dilation) of coherent lattice regions parallel to definite crystallo-graphic planes and directions, the 'shearing motion' being opposed in successive α → β and β →α transitions, the whole process thus resembling closely the way martensite needles are formed in steel.
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BURGERS, W., VAN AMSTEL, J. Electron-Optical Observation of the Transition of α- into β-Zirconium. Nature 141, 330 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141330a0
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