“…In the present study, we investigate the production of ferritic steel alloys by the processing technology of direct strip casting (DSC). During DSC, the strip is subjected to extremely high cooling rates, and this is known to produce unusual microstructures and non-equilibrium behaviours (Shiang & Wray, 1991;Guillet et al, 1996;Mukunthan et al, 2000;Ferry, 2006;Dorin et al, 2015Dorin et al, , 2016. One of the most interesting findings has been the refinement of manganese sulfides (MnS) to the nanoscale size range and the suggestion that S may be retained in solid solution after DSC (Malekjani et al, 2013).…”