Influence of austenitic orientation on martensitic transformations in a compressed high manganese steel

► Parent orientation affects product kinetics, variant, size and orientation. ► Martensite, like austenite twinning, forms fastest in compressed 〈1 0 0〉 austenite. ► The only one martensite variant formed in 〈1 0 0〉 austenite leads to grain coarsening. ► Both transformation and deformation contribute to final 〈1 0 0〉 texture in martensite.