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Secondary hardening in steels arises out of the

A. precipitation of fine alloy carbides at high temperature

B. refinement of ferrite grain size by working

C. decomposition of retained austenite upon heat treatment

D. precipitation of complex inter-metallics upon heat treatment

Answer: Option C


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