Ahighlysubstructurednonequiaxedferriteformeduponcontinuouscoolingbyamixeddiffusionandshearmodeoftransformationthatbeginsatatemperatureslightlyhigherthanthetransformationtemperaturerangeforupperbainite.Itisdistinguishedfrombainiteinthatithasalimitedamountofcarbonavailable;thus,thereisonlyasmallamountofcarbidepresent.