Abstract
This study characterizes the mechanical behavior of an advanced multiphase high strength steel by means of high temperature tensile testing. The results show a drastic reduction of the maximum tensile elongation from around 700 °C up to 950°C. Scanning electron microscopy investigations show that the temperature range for embrittlement is correlated with the total wetting of steel grain boundaries. Under external strain, crack propagates along the grain boundaries according to a mechanism that leads to the presence of nanometer-thick films of Zn at the crack tip, as shown by fine X-ray spectroscopy analyses. The effective temperature range for embrittlement is discussed. Mechanisms of i) external stress-free wetting, and ii) atomic-scale crack propagation, are today under discussion in the light of the literature, regarding in particular recent experimental results and theory about grain boundary wetting, intergranular penetration, and the correlation between surface energy and crack propagation rate.
Publisher
Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.
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