Affiliation:
1. Centro Sviluppo Materiali SpA
Abstract
The microstructural evolution of a quenched medium-C steel during tempering was analyzed by means of Orientation Imaging Microscopy (OIM). The steel was heat treated in order to develop fully martensitic microstructures after quenching with a different prior austenite grain size (AGS). Main results can be summarized as below: A very poor effect of AGS on packet size was found in comparison to bainitic steels. A finer packet was measured at mid-thickness with respect to surface after the quenching process. This phenomenon was attributed to the effect of thermal strain path on phase transformation during quenching. The through-thickness microstructural gradient remains after tempering. High-angle boundary grains do not significantly grow after tempering; on the contrary, low-angle grain boundaries (cells) move, fully justifying the hardness evolution with tempering temperature.
Publisher
Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science
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