Chemical patterning enhanced by increasing quenching temperature in a medium-Mn steel

Chao Zhang, Zhi-ping Xiong, De-zhen Yang, Valeriy Dudko, Xing-wang Cheng

Journal of Iron and Steel Research International ›› 2023, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (10) : 1916-1920.

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Journal of Iron and Steel Research International ›› 2023, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (10) : 1916-1920. DOI: 10.1007/s42243-022-00893-2
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Chemical patterning enhanced by increasing quenching temperature in a medium-Mn steel

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Chemical heterogeneity in high-temperature austenite is an effective way to tune the austenite-to-martensite transformation during cooling. The effect of quenching temperature on microstructure evolution is investigated when the high-temperature austenite is heterogeneous. After fast austenitization from partitioned pearlite consisting of Mn-enriched cementite and Mn-depleted ferrite in Fe–0.29C–3.76Mn–1.50Si (wt.%) steel, quenching to room temperature and quenching to 130 °C followed by 400 °C partitioning are both applied. With increasing quenching temperature from 25 to 130 °C, the amount of heterogeneous microstructure (lamellar ghost pearlite) increases from 10.6% to 33.6% and the thickness of Mn-enriched retained austenite film is increased from 31.9 ± 5.9 to 51.5 ± 4.4 nm, indicating an enhancement of chemical patterning. It is probably ascribed to the reduction in driving force for austenite-to-martensite transformation, which requires a lower Mn content for austenite retention.

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Phase transformation / Heterogeneous microstructure / Retained austenite / Quenching temperature / Chemical patterning

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Zhi-ping Xiong, Valeriy Dudko, Chao Zhang, et al. Chemical patterning enhanced by increasing quenching temperature in a medium-Mn steel[J]. Journal of Iron and Steel Research International, 2023, 30(10): 1916-1920 https://doi.org/10.1007/s42243-022-00893-2
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