Quantitative investigation into the influence of temperature on carbide and austenite evolution during partitioning of a quenched and partitioned steel

Autor: D.T. Pierce, Amy J. Clarke, D. L. Williamson, J. Kähkönen, John G. Speer, D.R. Coughlin, Kester D. Clarke, E. De Moor
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Scripta Materialia. 121:5-9
ISSN: 1359-6462
DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2016.04.027
Popis: The influence of partitioning temperature on microstructural evolution during quenching and partitioning was investigated in a 0.38C 1.54Mn 1.48Si wt.% steel using Mossbauer spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy. η-carbide formation occurs in the martensite during the quenching, holding, and partitioning steps. More effective carbon partitioning from martensite to austenite was observed at 450 than 400 °C, resulting in lower martensite carbon contents, less carbide formation, and greater retained austenite amounts for short partitioning times. Conversely, greater austenite decomposition occurs at 450 °C for longer partitioning times. Cementite forms during austenite decomposition and in the martensite for longer partitioning times at 450 °C.
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