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Neutron diffraction analysis of martensite ageing in high-carbon FeCMnSi steel

  • Liesbeth Barbé , Ludovic Samek , Kim Verbeken EMAIL logo , Kelly Conlon and Bruno C. De Cooman
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International Journal of Materials Research
From the journal International Journal of Materials Research Volume 97 Issue 8

Abstract

A high-carbon metastable austenite phase was quenched in liquid nitrogen to obtain fresh athermal martensite. Different ageing treatments were performed in order to study the transformation of the martensite phase and the formation of carbides. Neutron diffraction experiments give detailed information on the transformations during the annealing treatment itself. The tetragonal athermal martensite transformed immediately, i. e. during the heating to the ageing temperature, to cubic martensite. Ageing at 400 °C resulted in the decomposition of the austenite in ferrite and carbides and the formation of bainite. Those carbides could be determined as η-carbides transforming in χ-carbides after extended annealing times. As was expected, ageing at 170 °C resulted in the formation of a small amount of η carbides while the austenite phase remained stable.

Keywords: TRIP-aided steels; Austenite; Martensite; Tempering; Transition carbides
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Received: 2005-07-05
Accepted: 2006-01-26
Published Online: 2022-01-12

© 2006 Carl Hanser Verlag, München

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ijmr-2006-0177
Keywords for this article
TRIP-aided steels; Austenite; Martensite; Tempering; Transition carbides

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  1. Contents
  2. Extended editorial with anecdotes
  3. Anelastic relaxation and structure of ternary Fe–Al–Me alloys with Me = Co, Cr, Ge, Mn, Nb, Si, Ta, Ti, Zr
  4. Kinetic study of the β → α + γ transformation reaction in a CuZnAl alloy
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  6. Thermodynamic properties of liquid Cu–In–Zn alloys
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  8. Failure-mode dependence of the strengthening effect in Ti3AlC2/10 vol.% Al2O3 composite
  9. Investigation of Cu-graphite composites prepared by electroforming
  10. Neutron diffraction analysis of martensite ageing in high-carbon FeCMnSi steel
  11. Effect of reinforcement size hybridization on the wear properties of SiCp/Cu Composites
  12. Temperature dependence of lattice mismatch and γ′ volume fraction of a fourth-generation monocrystalline nickel-based superalloy
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