Abstract
A hot-rolled medium manganese Q&P steel was annealed at an intercritical annealing temperature (670 °C) and quenched to four partitioning temperatures (300 °C, 280 °C, 260 °C, and 240 °C). The effect of the partitioning temperature on the microstructure and mechanical properties of the steel was studied. The microstructure evolution at different partitioning temperatures was characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), a transmission electron microscope (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). The results showed that, as the partition temperature increased, the fractions and the size of the fresh massive martensite (M2) increased, the initial lamellar martensite (M1) was coarsened, and the amount of M1 decreased. Moreover, the amounts of lath-like retained austenite (RA) decreased and the amounts of bulky austenite increased. The tested steel partitioned at 260 °C had relatively greater fractions of RA, in which there were sufficient contents of carbon diffused from M1. Therefore, the test steel partitioned at 260 °C showed fine comprehensive mechanical properties. The combination of tensile strength and elongation reached 30.3 GPa.%, and its work-hardening plateau was the longest, showing excellent ductility as it had sufficient fractions of the retained austenite with good stability.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Subject
General Materials Science,Metals and Alloys
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