Modeling of grain growth kinetics in complexly alloyed austenite

Diffusion of carbon in substitutionally alloyed austenite

where k and h are the Boltzmann and Planck constants, respectively, W is the number of octahedral interstices around a single such interstice, ~F* is an activation free energy, r m is an activity coefficient and), is the distance betwe-en (002) austenite planes. <1'= 1exp(-wy/kT); Wy is the nearest neighbour carbon-carbon interaction energy in austenite. () is the ratio of the number of carbon ...

Research on abnormal grain growth in reversely transformed austenite structure

Effect of austenite grain size and bainite morphology on overall kinetics of bainite transformation in steels

The effect of austenite grain size on the evolution of the bainite transformation in steels is not yet certain in spite of many investigations.1–7 Barford and Owen1 reported that the reaction rate was accelerated by decreasing the grain size, because of an increase in the number density of grain boundary nucleation sites. Umemoto et al.2 reported similar results and proposed an equation that de...

EFFECT OF AUSTENITE GRAIN MORPHOLOGY ON VARIANT SELECTION OF MARTENSITE TRANSFORMED FROM ULTRAFINE-GRAINED AUSTENITE

In this research, variant selection of martensite transformed from ultrafine-grained (UFG) austenite fabricated by accumulative roll bonding (ARB) process and subsequent annealing was investigated with respect tomorphology of parentaustenitic phase. The results show that the original shape of austenite grain is very effective factor in determiningthe preferred variants of martensite transformed...

Grain Refinement Kinetics in a Low Alloyed Cu–Cr–Zr Alloy Subjected to Large Strain Deformation

This paper investigates the microstructural evolution and grain refinement kinetics of a solution-treated Cu-0.1Cr-0.06Zr alloy during equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) at a temperature of 673 K via route BC. The microstructural change during plastic deformation was accompanied by the formation of the microband and an increase in the misorientations of strain-induced subboundaries. We argue...