Modeling of Incubation Time for Austenite to Ferrite Phase Transformation

 The giant stress-impedance (GSI) effect in as-cast and DC current annealed Co71.8Fe4.9Nb0.8Si7.5B15 amorphous glass-covered wires is presented. The SI ratio of the as-cast sample exhibits negative GSI effect. For the sample annealed by 60 mA DC current, the SI ratio first increases with applied tensile stress, then decreases with the applied tensile stress. The maximum ΔZ/Z ratio of 304% is obtained. Frequency dependence in the range from 1 to 110 MHz of the GSI effect is investigated. Experimental results show that the real part R and the imaginary part X of impedance play an important role at high frequency and low frequency, respectively. At 1 MHz, the maximum ΔX/X of 1 448% is obtained. At 110 MHz, the maximum ΔR/R ratio of 648% is obtained.     

Mechanical Properties and Retained Austenite Transformation Mechanism of TRIP-Aided Polygonal Ferrite Matrix Seamless Steel Tube

 Through the comparison of microstructure for polygonal ferrite (PF) matrix transformation induced plasticity (TRIP) seamless steel tube at different positions before and after tensile rupture, the transformation behavior of retained austenite (RA) was studied. The results showed that there were no yield points in tensile process and the splendid elongation and tensile strength were contributed by the uniform ferrite/bainite grains and the transformation of RA. The stability of RA was to some extent in inverse proportion with the ability of transformation induced plasticity. The coarse retained austenite located in ferrite and ferrite/bainite laths were all transformed into martensite during the tensile process.     

Effect of Austenite Conditioning on Martensitic Transformation in Commercial Grade Interstitial-Free Steel

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A - Martensite is an important phase for the strengthening of interstitial-free (IF) steel. The as-received sample is soaked in the austenitic temperature...     

退火马氏体基体TRIP钢拉伸过程中的残余奥氏体转变

研究了冷轧退火马氏体基体TRIP钢在不同预拉伸过程中残余奥氏体向马氏体的转变。为了使残余奥氏体转变充分,试验拉伸速度设定为1mm/min。对不同变形条件下的试样进行分析,通过XRD分析残余奥氏体转变的体积分数及残余奥氏体中的碳浓度,通过SEM观察拉伸断裂后的断口形貌。分析发现:残余奥氏体转变过程与应力-应变有十分密切的关系,在变形的初始阶段和试样断裂之前,残余奥氏体的转变率较均匀变形阶段要小很多;在均匀变形阶段,即在出现颈缩之前,残余奥氏体发生稳定的马氏体相变,其转变率达到最大值,此时可以有效地提高均匀伸长率;在出现颈缩之后,残余奥氏体继续发生马氏体转变,但其转变率要较均匀转变时稍低。在整个变形过程中,残余奥氏体中的碳浓度呈线性增加。在变形的始末,虽然是应力-应变的最大梯度,但奥氏体的转变率并不是最高,反而为最低。     

A Quantitative Phase-Field Simulation of Soft-Impingement in Austenite to Ferrite Transformation with Mixed-Mode

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A - The present work simulates the transformation of austenite to ferrite with mixed-mode in a simplified austenitic grain geometry. The quantitative...     

An Investigation of the Massive Transformation from Ferrite to Austenite in Laser-Welded Mo-Bearing Stainless Steels

A series of 31 Mo-bearing stainless steel compositions with Mo contents ranging from 0 to 10 wt pct and exhibiting primary δ-ferrite solidification were analyzed over a range of laser welding conditions to evaluate the effect of composition and cooling rate on the solid-state transformation to γ-austenite. Alloys exhibiting this microstructural development sequence are of particular interest to the welding community because of their reduced susceptibility to solidification cracking and the potential reduction of microsegregation (which can affect corrosion resistance), all while harnessing the high toughness of γ-austenite. Alloys were created using the arc button melting process, and laser welds were prepared on each alloy at constant power and travel speeds ranging from 4.2 to 42 mm/s. The cooling rates of these processes were estimated to range from 10 K (°C)/s for arc buttons to 10⁵ K (°C)/s for the fastest laser welds. No shift in solidification mode from primary δ-ferrite to primary γ-austenite was observed in the range of compositions or welding conditions studied. Metastable microstructural features were observed in many laser weld fusion zones, as well as a massive transformation from δ-ferrite to γ-austenite. Evidence of epitaxial massive growth without nucleation was also found when intercellular γ-austenite was already present from a solidification reaction. The resulting single-phase γ-austenite in both cases exhibited a homogenous distribution of Mo, Cr, Ni, and Fe at nominal levels.     

Grain Size Prediction after Continuous Cooling Transformation from Deformed Austenite to Ferrite

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Effect of Niobium on Isothermal Transformation of Austenite to Ferrite in HSLA Low-Carbon Steel

Using thermomechanical simulation experiment,the kinetics of the isothermal transformation of austenite to ferrite in two HSLA low-carbon steels containing different amounts of niobium was investigated under the conditions of both deformation and undeformation.The results of optical microstructure observation and quantitative metallography analysis showed that the kinetics of the isothermal transformation of austenite to ferrite in lower niobium steel with and without deformation suggests a stage mechanism,wherein there exists a linear relationship between the logarithms of holding time and ferrite volume fraction according to Avrami equation,whereas the isothermal transformation of austenite to ferrite in high niobium steel proceeds via a two stage mechanism according to micrographs,wherein,the nucleation rate of ferrite in the initial stage of transformation is low,and in the second stage,the rate of transformation is high and the transformation of residual austenite to ferrite is rapidly complete.Using carbon extraction replica TEM,niobium carbide precipitation for different holding time was investigated and the results suggested that NbC precipitation and the presence of solute niobium would influence the transformation of austenite to ferrite.The mechanism of the effect of niobium on the isothermal transformation was discussed.     

Martensitic Phase Transformation from Non-isothermally Deformed Austenite in High Strength Steel 22SiMn2TiB

Non-isothermal compressive deformation was performed on high strength steel 22SiMn2TiB for the study of martensitic phase transformation from deformed austenite. The transformation start temperature M _s decreased with the increase of deformation from 0 to 50 pct, and the variation of deformation rate (0.1 and 10 s^?1) and the appearance of deformation-induced ferrite and bainite showed no influence on the change of M _s temperature. The deformation at both the rates increased the volume fraction of retained austenite; however, the carbon content of retained austenite decreased at 10 s^?1 and remained basically unchanged at 0.1 s^?1. The yield strength of austenite at M _s temperature and the stored energy in deformed austenite were experimentally obtained, with which the relationships between the change of M _s temperature and the thermodynamic driving force for martensitic phase transformation from deformed austenite were established by the use of the Fisher-ADP–Hsu model. And finally, the transformation kinetics was analyzed by the Magee–Koistinen–Marhurger equation.     

The Formation of Martensitic Austenite During Nitridation of Martensitic and Duplex Stainless Steels

Isothermal martensite/ferrite-to-austenite phase transformations have been observed after low-temperature nitridation in the martensite and \(\updelta \)-ferrite phases in 15-5 PH (precipitation hardening), 17-7 PH, and 2205 (duplex) stainless steels. These transformations, in the region with nitrogen concentrations of 8 to 16 at. pct, are consistent with the notion that nitrogen is a strong austenite stabilizer and substitutional diffusion is effectively frozen at the paraequilibrium temperatures of our experiments. Our microstructural and diffraction analyses provide conclusive evidence for the martensitic nature of these phase transformations.     

Analysis of the Strain‐Induced Martensitic Transformation of Retained Austenite in Cold Rolled Micro‐Alloyed TRIP Steel

The stability of retained austenite and the kinetics of the strain‐induced martensitic transformation in micro‐alloyed TRIP‐aided steel were obtained from interrupted tensile tests and saturation magnetization measurements. Tensile tests with single specimens and at variable temperature were carried out to determine the influence of the micro‐alloying on the M_s^σ temperature of the retained austenite. Although model calculations show that the addition of the micro‐alloying elements influences a number of stabilizing factors, the results indicate that the stability of retained austenite in the micro‐alloyed TRIP‐aided steels is not significantly influenced by the micro‐alloying. The kinetics of the strain‐induced martensitic transformation was also not significantly influenced by addition of the micro‐alloying elements. The addition of micro‐alloying elements slows down the autocatalytic propagation of the strain‐induced martensite due to the increase of the yield strength of retained austenite. The lower uniform elongation of micro‐alloyed TRIP‐aided steel is very likely due to the presence of numerous precipitates in the microstructure and the pronounced ferrite grain size refinement.     

Bainite Transformation in Deformed Austenite

This study documents the characteristics of bainite transformations in deformed austenite during continuous cooling of a low-carbon microalloyed steel. In particular, it describes the distinguishing features of the two types of bainite observed: conventional bainite (CB) and acicular ferrite (AF). CB nucleates at prior austenite grain boundaries and grows as packets of parallel ferrite laths. Growth of CB packets is limited by either the deformation substructure (“mechanical stabilization”) or austenite grain boundaries. AF nucleates at intragranular sites and grows as individual ferrite laths or groups of parallel laths. In an AF group of parallel laths, some neighboring laths have the same orientation, but a significant number have dissimilar orientations. Neighboring laths having dissimilar orientation are two variants of either Kurdjumov–Sachs (KS) or Nishiyama–Wasserman (NW). It is proposed that the AF nucleation sites are dislocation boundaries having a relatively high misorientation (i.e., microbands (MBs) and minimized by the variant selection mechanism).     

Simulation of Ferrite Formation in Fe-C Alloys Based on a Three-Dimensional Mixed-Mode Transformation Model

A three-dimensional mixed-mode (MM) transformation model accounting for both soft impingement and hard impingement was developed that calculates the growth kinetics of ferrite grains in an austenite matrix. The simulations are compared to the kinetics of ferrite formation in high-purity Fe-C alloys for which phase-transformation kinetics were measured isothermally by dilatometry at several temperatures in the range of 973 K to 1043 K (700 °C to 770 °C). The interface mobility is obtained from the best fit of the data at 1023 K (750 °C) for which the nucleus density N is estimated from the final microstructure. Subsequently, the experimental ferrite kinetics in Fe-0.36C at the other temperatures are simulated. The values of N extracted from the fits can be described with a nucleation model. The significance of the MM calculations is rationalized by comparing the results for Fe-0.17C with simulations assuming purely diffusion-controlled (DC) and purely interface-controlled (IC) growth. Comparison of simulated fraction curves for Fe-0.57C with the three models demonstrates that the transformation in high-carbon steels is essentially DC.     

钢的奥氏体连续冷却转变曲线的解析化

 用解析法预报变形后奥氏体相变产物的类型和形态的首要问题是对CCT曲线进行解析化处理。研究了如何利用同类钢种中已知的2条以上不同碳当量的CCT曲线,经解析化处理后,获得讨论范围内任意碳当量所对应的CCT曲线解析式的方法。为解析法准确预报和控制轧件性能提供了一个具有可操作性的方法。