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The effects of external compressive stress on the kinetics of low temperature bainitic transformation and microstructure in a superbainite steel

  • Mingxing Zhou , Guang Xu , Yulong Zhang and Zhengliang Xue
Published/Copyright: October 15, 2015
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International Journal of Materials Research
From the journal International Journal of Materials Research Volume 106 Issue 10

Abstract

The effects of external compressive stress below the yield strength of austenite on the kinetics of low temperature bainitic transformation and microstructure in a superbainite steel were studied through dilatometry, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis simultaneously. The results show that even under a relatively low isothermal temperature of 300°C, compressive stress less than yield stress can clearly accelerate bainitic transformation because of the increase in total driving force for bainitic transformation and anisotropic transformation strain. Bainite ferrite becomes longer, the orientations of bainite sheaves become more uniform and the transformation strain becomes anisotropic under external compressive stress because of variants selection. The amount of bainite increases while the amount of martensite decreases with the application of external stress.

Keywords: Bainitic transformation; Compressive stress; Kinetics; Dilatation; Retained austenite
*Correspondence address, Dr. Prof. Guang Xu, The State Key Laboratory of Refractories and Metallurgy, Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Steels, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China, Tel.: +86-027-68862813, Fax: +86-027-68862807, E-mail:

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Received: 2015-03-22
Accepted: 2015-05-19
Published Online: 2015-10-15
Published in Print: 2015-10-14

© 2015, Carl Hanser Verlag, München

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https://doi.org/10.3139/146.111274
Keywords for this article
Bainitic transformation; Compressive stress; Kinetics; Dilatation; Retained austenite

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