Retained austenite grain size as a strength-plasticity relationship indicator in Al-alloyed medium-Mn steel processed by intercritical annealing

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作者
Skowronek, Adam [1 ]
Grajcar, Adam [1 ]
Sozanska-Jedrasik, Liwia [2 ]
Radwanski, Krzysztof [2 ]
Matus, Krzysztof [3 ]
Opara, Jaroslaw [2 ]
机构
[1] Silesian Tech Univ, Fac Mech Engn, Dept Engn Mat & Biomat, Konarskiego 18a St, PL-44100 Gliwice, Poland
[2] Lukasiewicz Upper Silesian Inst Technol, 12-14 K Miarki St, PL-44100 Gliwice, Poland
[3] Silesian Tech Univ, Fac Mech Engn, Mat Res Lab, Konarskiego 18a St, PL-44100 Gliwice, Poland
来源
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY-JMR&T | 2023年 / 26卷
关键词
Metastable retained austenite; Intercritical annealing; Plasticity; Medium-Mn; Microstructural evolution; Mechanical properties; MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES; THERMAL-STABILITY; MANGANESE; TRANSFORMATION; STABILIZATION; MARTENSITE; CARBON; AHSS;
D O I
10.1016/j.jmrt.2023.08.114
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Although most studies focus on the impact of the fraction of retained austenite (RA) on the relationship between strength and plasticity, this research explores the influence of the mechanical stability of RA, which is primarily affected by its grain size. To investigate this, samples of 5% Mn steel with varying fractions of RA, as well as different sizes and concentrations of carbon (C) and manganese (Mn), were produced by adjusting the soaking time during intercritical annealing (IA) between 1 and 300 min at a temperature of 680 degrees C. The mechanical properties of the samples were evaluated using static tensile tests. Detailed microstructural analyses were conducted before and after deformation through hardness tests, X-ray diffraction measurements (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images, TEM-EDS microanalysis, and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) phase and orientation maps. Additionally, thermodynamic calculations were used to supplement the experimental findings. The results suggest that both chemical enrichment and grain size reduction have comparable effects on stabilizing the RA. The wide variation of RA grain sizes from 0.02 to 0.15 mm(3) promotes a gradual and continuous martensitic transformation under strain throughout the entire strain range, leading to a uniform elongation exceeding 19% in the steel analyzed. However, the presence of an appropriate average size of RA (from similar to 0.07 to similar to 0.11 mm(3)) is crucial because grains smaller than similar to 0.02 mm(3) impede martensitic transformation, while coarse grains characterized by a volume greater than similar to 0.13 mm(3) result in significant transformation in an early stage of deformation. (C) 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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