摘 要: | The effect of rare earth metals(REM)on the characteristics of auto-tempering and decomposition ofmartensite for low-carbon and low-alloy steels(20SiMn2V and 20SiMn2VRE)was investigated usingTEM,dilatometer and microhardness test.Results show that both ε.and θ carbides,during auto-tempering,may precipitate from the low-carbon martensite matrix at the same time in the 20SiMn2V steel,however,theprecipitation of the ε-carbides can be inhibited by the REM contained in the 20SiMn2 VRE steel,resulting inchange of the type of precipitated carbides and decrease of the extent of auto-tempering.The“in-situ”ob-servations show that the decomposition of martensite is also inhibited by the REM contained in the20SiMn2 VRE steel during low temperature tempering.
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