Thermomechanical processing route to achieve ultrafine grains in low carbon microalloyed steels

AN INVESTIGATION TO BAINITE FORMATION MORPHOLOGIES IN NI-CR BEARING LOW CARBON STEELS THROUGH THERMOMECHANICAL PROCESSING

The presence of bainite in the microstructure of steels to obtain a proper combination of strength and toughness has always been desired. The previous works however have shown that the presence of preferred bainite morphologies in the microstructure of any steel would not be readily accessible. In addition, the appearance of different bainite morphologies in the microstructure of any steel is d...

Equilibrium Model of Precipitation in Microalloyed Steels

The formation of precipitates during thermal processing of microalloyed steels greatly influences their mechanical properties. Precipitation behavior varies with steel composition and temperature history and can lead to beneficial grain refinement or detrimental transverse surface cracks. This work presents an efficient computational model of equilibrium precipitation of oxides, sulfides, nitri...

Martensitic transformation of individual grains in low-alloyed TRIP steels

E. Jimenez-Melero,* N.H. van Dijk, L. Zhao, J. Sietsma, S.E. Offerman, J.P. Wright and S. van der Zwaag Fundamental Aspects of Materials and Energy, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 15, 2629 JB Delft, The Netherlands Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands European Synchrotro...

Comments About the Strengthening Mechanisms in Commercial Microalloyed Steels and Reaction Kinetics on Tempering in Low-Alloy Steels

Metallographic techniques for the determination of the austenite grain size in medium-carbon microalloyed steels

Different techniques have been investigated to seek the best procedure to reveal the prior-austenite grain boundaries in three medium-carbon microalloyed steels. This study has been carried out over a wide range of temperatures (950–1250 C) and it has been found that thermal etching (TE) is the best technique to reveal the prior-austenite grain boundaries in these steels. D 2001 Elsevier Scienc...