Microstructure-composition relationships and Ms temperatures in Fe-Cr-Mn-N alloys |
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Authors: | U R Lenel B R Knott |
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Affiliation: | (1) Fulmer Research Laboratories Limited, Stoke Poges, SL2 4QD Slough, Berks, England |
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Abstract: | Microstructure-composition relationships and Ms temperatures have been determined in high purity nitrided Fe-Cr-Mn alloys, as part of a program to develop improved corrosion-abrasion
resistant steels with unstable austenitic microstructures. Compositions in the range 8 to 12 pct Cr, 0 to 10 pct Mn, and 0
to 0.6 pct N were investigated by a resistivity technique to determine Ms temperatures and by X-ray diffraction and metallography to determine constitution. Hardness measurements were also made.
At the low alloy end of the range, microstructures after annealing and air cooling are fully martensitic while at the high
alloy end they are fully austenitic. At intermediate compositions, mixed martensite-austenite microstructures (with epsilon
present as a minor phase in some cases) and unstable austenitic microstructures are obtained. The austenitic alloys contain
a high density of stacking faults and the unstable austenitic alloys transform to martensite on deformation. At low N contents
(up to at least 0.25 pct N) the Ms-composition relationship is linear and described by: Ms = 555 - 9(Cr - 8) - 40Mn - 450N 1] where Ms is in °C and Cr, Mn, and N are the weight percentages of these elements. At higher N contents, the Ms generally falls more rapidly with increasing nitrogen content. Nitrogen solubility at 1050 °C exceeds about 0.3 pct in all
alloys and increases with increasing Cr and Mn content. In commercial purity steels, unstable austenitic microstructures are
expected to be obtained in compositions around 10 to 14 pct Cr, 8 to 12 pct Mn, and 0.1 to 0.3 pct N when the total level
of these elements is selected to ensure the Ms is below room temperature. |
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