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The Role of Retained Austenite on Tensile Properties of Steels with Bainitic Microstructures

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dc.creator García Mateo, Carlos
dc.creator García Caballero, Francisca
dc.date 2008-03-10T14:28:30Z
dc.date 2008-03-10T14:28:30Z
dc.date 2005
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T01:00:38Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T01:00:38Z
dc.identifier Materials Transactions, Vol.46 No.08 (2005) pp.1839-1846
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/3188
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/3188
dc.description In high-carbon, silicon-rich steels it is possible to obtain a very fine bainitic microstructure by transformation at low temperatures (200--300°C). This microstructure consists of slender ferrite plates, with thicknesses of several tens of nm, in a matrix of retained austenite. Whereas strength is mainly provided by to the fine scale of the ferrite plates (stronger phase), ductility is mostly controlled by the retained austenite (softer phase). Further improvement in ductility is achieved by strain induced transformation of austenite to martensite, the so called TRIP effect. In order to take full advantage of this effect, the mechanical stability of the austenite, i.e., its capability to transform to martensite under strain, must not be too low nor excessively high. Two main aspects of the mechanical stability of the retained austenite, morphology and chemical composition, have been studied to determine the role that these play on the ductility behaviour of the bainitic steels studied. It is suggested that the chemical composition has the strongest effect on the ductility of these new high strength alloys.
dc.description The authors acknowledge financial support from the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnologı´a in the form of a Ramo´n y Cajal contract (RyC 2002/2004). Some of this work was carried out under the auspices of an EPSRC/MOD sponsored project on bainitic steels at the University of Cambridge; we are extremely grateful for this support over a period of three years. We also would like to express our special acknowledgement to Prof. H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia for fruitful discussions.
dc.description Peer reviewed
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher Japan Institute of Metals
dc.relation http://biz3.bioweb.ne.jp/jim/journal/e/46/08/1839.html
dc.rights openAccess
dc.subject Strength
dc.subject Retained austenite
dc.subject Mechanical stability
dc.subject Bainite
dc.subject Chemical composition
dc.subject Morphology
dc.subject Ductility
dc.title The Role of Retained Austenite on Tensile Properties of Steels with Bainitic Microstructures
dc.type Artículo


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