The evolution of microstructure and texture during wire drawing of pearlitic steel was studied using scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. Wire drawing induces elongation of ferrite grains with the development of <110> fibre texture. The cementite lamellae also have a tendency to reorient themselves along the wire axis with increasing strain. Viscoplastic self-consistent simulatio...

The ferromagnetic interstitial iron compound Fe(3)C (cementite) is expected to have Invar properties, whereby a high-moment to low-moment transition should occur when the atomic volume is reduced below a critical value. We, therefore, examine the pressure dependence of the Fe K-edge x-ray magnetic circular dichroism in Fe(3)C at ambient temperature and pressures up to 20 GPa. We find clear evid...

There is now a large volume of sophisticated steels which rely on silicon as an alloying addition with the purpose of avoiding the precipitation of cementite. But there is also evidence that the silicon can enhance the formation of ε–carbide; the mechanism of this effect is not understood and the absence of appropriate thermodynamic data makes it impossible to conduct calculations. We report he...

D. A. Skobir Balantič, B. Žužek, F. Vodopivec, Institute of Metals and Technology, Ljubljana, Slovenia Specimens of high chromium creep resistant steel were tempered at 800 °C for different times and examined in SEM. After short tempering stringers of cementite particles are formed at ferrite grain boundaries. By longer tempering, the content of chromium and molybdenum increase up to Cr18Fe3Mo2...

This study investigated the hydrogen permeation property of cementite by fabricating bulk sample using process combining mechanical ball milling and subsequent pulse current sintering. The having a 96 vol% was successfully fabricated. prepared showed no signal during 3.5 day electrochemical test. morphology blister formed in indicated that diffusion coefficient is very small.