Abstract: Two types of lath structures and kinked ε martensite were observed in the high manganese non-magnetic steel.Both the short non-continuous lath formed by quenching and the long thin straight lath induced by plastic deformation are composed of ε martensite and fcc twin. The transformation mechanism was discussed.The crystallographic analysis indicates that the e martensite at both sides of the fcc twin boundary is of kinked morphology owing to the orientation of their matrices differing from each other.The kinked region is hcp twin.

Key words: εmartensite, fcc twin, lath structure, kink