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Given the understanding of the role of capillarity in phase transformations at the time, this was a remarkable achievement. Mats goes on to include the effects of both elastic and plastic deformation on particle growth. He recognizes at the outset that including shear stress was beyond the scope of this work. Properly accounting for the energy of shear stresses in a thermodynamic description of a crystalline solid would remain an active area of research for some 50 years to come. Mats had the insight to realize that stress can be generated by the difference in molar volumes between the particle and matrix as well as the diffusion process itself.
Upon its publication, this paper was quickly recognized as representing not one, but a series of state-of the-arts advances. The scope of the work is astonishing; the subjects covered in this single publication could well form the basis for a textbook on phase transformations, with an emphasis on ferrous materials. The work is specific to diffusional transformation processes in binary systems, but touches on the martensite/bainite debate and several other still-current issues. Consider that the sections include: I.