Dynamic Recrystallization Behavior in Martensite in 18Ni, 17Ni-0.2C and SM490 Steels

Recrystallization Behavior During Warm Compression of Martensite Steels

Martensite in Steels

The name martensite is after the German scientist Martens. It was used originally to describe the hard microconstituent found in quenched steels. Martensite remains of the greatest technological importance in steels where it can confer an outstanding combination of strength (> 3500MPa) and toughness (> 200MPam 1 2 ). Many materials other than steel are now known to exhibit the same type of soli...

Isothermal Recrystallization Behavior of Cold-deformed Martensite in an Ultra-low-carbon Microalloyed Steel

One of the most promising ways to produce a grain-refined microstructure in some steel materials is the thermomechanical processing route of subcritical recrystallization annealing of a cold-deformed martensite structure. In the present study, the microstructural evolutions and the associated recrystallization kinetics under various subcritical annealing heat treatment conditions are explored i...

PREDICTION OF CRITICAL STRESS AND STRAIN FOR THE ONSET OF DYNAMIC RECRYSTALLIZATION IN PLAIN CARBON STEELS

The aim of the present study is the prediction of critical conditions (including critical strain and flow stress) for the initiation of dynamic recrystallization during thermo-mechanical processing of plain carbon steels. For this propose, torsion tests were conducted at different temperature (1050, 1100 and 1150˚C) and strain rates (0.002, 0.02 and 0.2/s). All flow curves showed a peak st...

The Silicon Effect in the Tempering of Martensite in Steels

High-silicon steels have long been known to possess exceptional resistance to tempering, but the reasons for this effect were unknown. We report here a study of the third stage of tempering of these steels, in which cementite is formed. In a 0.75 wt% C 1.4 wt% Si alloy steel, tempered for 1 hour at 380°C, it is found that silicon atoms are rejected from the growing cementite into the ferrite ma...