the development of nano/ultrafine bainitic structure in aisi 52100 steel was the goal of this study. for this purpose,the aisi 52100 the specimens were austenitized at 1050 °c for 60 min followed by low-temperature austemperingtreatment at different temperatures and times. the austempered samples were characterized using field emissionscanning electron microscopy (fesem), x-ray diffraction (xrd...

austenitic stainless steels are extensively used in various applications requiring good corrosion resistance and formability. in the current study, the formation of nano/ ultrafine grained austenitic microstructure in a microalloyed aisi 304l stainless steel was investigated by the advanced thermomechanical process of reversion of strain-induced martensite. for this purpose, samples were subjec...

Austenitic stainless steels are extensively used in various applications requiring good corrosion resistance and formability. In the current study, the formation of nano/ ultrafine grained austenitic microstructure in a microalloyed AISI 304L stainless steel was investigated by the advanced thermomechanical process of reversion of strain-induced martensite. For this purpose, samples were subjec...

A Ti–46Al(at.%) polysynthetically twinned alloy, which contained a characteristic lamellar spacing of k 1⁄4 1:3 lm, was converted to a polycrystalline fully-lamellar microstructure with k 1⁄4 19:9 nm using an a-phase solution treatment followed by a2 þ c aging. Tensile experiments, performed on microsamples extracted from within single grains of the polycrystalline material, illustrated that ul...

The quality of the refractories applied on integrated gasification combined cycle should be a key factor that affects both the reliability and the economics of gasifier operation. To enhance the workability of chromia/alumina castables, three types of ultrafine alumina powder were added to improve the workability. Densification behavior of such castables in the presence of ultrafine alumina was...

High-resolution electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) was used to examine the grain structure in long rods of ultrafine-grain (UFG) commercial-purity titanium produced for medical implants. The UFG material was obtained by equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) using a Conform scheme followed by rod drawing. The microstructure was found to be bimodal consisting of relatively coarse elongated g...

The outstading mechanical properties of bimodal ultrafine eutectic composites (BUECs) containing length scale hierarchy in eutectic structure were demonstrated by using AFM observation of surface topography with quantitative height measurements and were interpreted in light of the details of the deformation mechanisms by three different interface modes. It is possible to develop a novel strain ...

Equal channel angular pressing results in ultrafine-grained (approximately 200-500 nm) Ti with superior mechanical properties without harmful alloying elements, which benefits medical implants. To further improve the bioactivity of Ti surfaces, Ca/P-containing porous titania coatings were prepared on ultrafine-grained and coarse-grained Ti by micro-arc oxidation (MAO). The phase identification,...

This paper was aimed at verification of functionality of the ECAP technology at extrusion of the copper, alluminium alloys and steel. Experiments were made on equipment, which is demonstrated in the Fig 1. Deformation forces were measured during extrusion, resistance to deformation was calculated and deformation speed was determined approximately. Analysis of structure was made with use of ligh...

The deformation microstructure of face-centered cubic cobalt subjected to surface mechanical attrition treatment was studied as a function of strain levels. Strain-induced c ! e transformation and twinning deformation were evidenced by transmission electron microscopy and were found to progress continuously in ultrafine and nanocrystalline grains as the strain increased. 2004 Acta Materialia In...