Examining the multi-scale complexity and the crystallographic hierarchy of isothermally treated bainitic and martensitic structures

In this work, differences and similarities between bainitic and martensitic structures obtained by isothermal heat treatments such as austempering, quench and partitioning (Q&P) and quench and tempering (Q&T), are investigated by multiple techniques including X-ray diffraction, electron back...

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Autores: De-Castro, David, Rementería, Rosalía, Vivas Méndez, Javier, Sourmail, Thomas, Poplawsky, Jonathan D., Urones-Garrote, E., Jiménez, José Antonio, Capdevila, Carlos, García Caballero, Francisca
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/210108
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/210108
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Steels
Bainite
Martensite
Atom probe tomography
Carbide precipitation
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Sumario:In this work, differences and similarities between bainitic and martensitic structures obtained by isothermal heat treatments such as austempering, quench and partitioning (Q&P) and quench and tempering (Q&T), are investigated by multiple techniques including X-ray diffraction, electron backscatter diffraction, scanning and transmission electron microscopy and atom probe tomography. Results reveal that analogous lath-like ferritic structures with similar austenite content can be achieved by adjusting the isothermal holding temperature. However, certain variability in hardness is recorded, which is consistent with differences on the precipitation state revealed by the nano-scale examination of the structure, and with dissimilar crystallographic size distribution of ferritic grains.