Influence of Heat Treatment on Microstructure Stability and Mechanical Properties of a Carbide-Free Bainitic Steel

Autor: Helmut Clemens, Sophie Primig, Christina Hofer, Ronald Schnitzer, Florian Winkelhofer
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Advanced Engineering Materials. 19:1600658
ISSN: 1438-1656
DOI: 10.1002/adem.201600658
Popis: Carbide-free bainitic steels represent attractive candidates for the automotive industry to meet the conflicting requirements of increasing safety and decreasing vehicle weight. Their fine-grained multi-phase microstructure enables a well-balanced combination of high strength and ductility. To identify and characterize all phases in dependence of the isothermal transformation temperature, metallographic and high-resolution techniques are applied. The stability of the individual phases is evaluated based on their C concentration determined by atom probe tomography and, subsequently, linked to the mechanical properties.
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