“…In the modest tempering heat treatment, carbon enrichment in austenite was observed clearly by atom probe tomography (APT) and correlative transmission electron microscopy (TEM) in a welldesigned model steel [7,9,20]. In some martensitic steels, such as Fe-13%Cr-4%Ni [11,12], Fe-13%Cr-6%Ni [10,13,21], Fe-16%Cr-5%Ni [22], and Fe-13%Cr-7%Ni-3%Si [23], during the intercritical tempering, martensite partially transforms to austenite. At the same time, austenite stabilizing elements, such as carbon and nickel, are enriched into the austenite.…”