The generic term for these intermediate structures is bainite after Edgar Bain who with Davenport first found them during their pioneer systematic studies of the isothermal decomposition of austenite.

• 在一般用语，这些中间结构是贝氏体后，埃德加贝恩谁与达文波特首次发现他们在他们的先驱系统的研究等温奥氏体分解。