Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1629654 | Journal of Iron and Steel Research, International | 2007 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
There thermal cycles for the cyclic heat treatment of a bainitic steel were simulated under the different heating rate ranged from 2°C/s to 100°C/s and 1000°C/s followed by subsequent rapid cooling using a Gleeble3500 thermal-mechanical simulator equipped with the self-designed quench system. The microstructural change of the starting material imposed by the different thermal cycles was observed by optical and transmission electron microscope (TEM). The results indicate that a high degree of superheating for the reverse bainitic αâγ transformation was realized as a result of extremely rapid heating (1000°C/s) up to an elevated austenitisation temperature (1250°C), which prevent restoration of the initial coarse-grained austenite and lead to a significant refinement of austenite grain. An ultrafine-grained structure with enhanced mechanical properties then formed during the subsequent rapid γâα reaction on cooling. The results indicate a novel microstructure refinement route for the bainitic steels.
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Authors
WANG Q.F., ZHANG C.Y., XU W.W., ZHAO S.J., ZHAO X.Q., YAN Z.S.,