Question: Assume you have two steel samples with the same composition but which undergo different heat treatments. The first sample is normalized; the second sample is

Assume you have two steel samples with the same composition but which undergo different heat treatments. The first sample is normalized; the second sample is austenitized, followed by a water-quench from the austenitization temperature. If the second sample is reheated to form a microstructure that is completely austenite (no martensite remaining) and then air cooled (at the same rate as the normalized sample), how would its properties (yield strength, UTS, ductility) and microstructure compare with those of the first sample? Explain.
Assume you have two steel samples with the same

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