TY - JOUR
T1 - Austenite reversion through subzero transformation and tempering of a boron-doped strong and ductile medium-Mn lightweight steel
AU - Kim, Dae Woong
AU - Yoo, Jisung
AU - Sohn, Seok Su
AU - Lee, Sunghak
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Korea University Grant for Dr. Seok Su Sohn, by the Fundamental Research Project of the National Research Foundation of Korea ( NRF-2019R1F1A1057687 ), by Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology ( KIAT ) grant funded by the Korea Government ( MOTIE ) ( P0002019 , The Competency Development Program for Industry Specialist), and by the BK21 Plus Center for Creative Industrial Materials.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2021/1/20
Y1 - 2021/1/20
N2 - Effects of subzero treatment and B doping on austenite reversion are investigated in quenched and tempered Fe–9Mn–5Al-0.3C and Fe–9Mn–5Al-0.3C-0.005B (wt.%) lightweight steels. In the as-quenched condition, the steel microstructure consist of a triplex structure of austenite, ferrite, and martensite. B doping leads to a reduction in the prior austenite grain size by grain boundary segregation and precipitation of boro-carbides, which increases the stability of austenite against the athermal martensitic transformation. After tempering at 200 °C for 2 h, nano-lath reverted austenite is formed by the C-enrichment instead of the carbide precipitation owing to the high Al content. This reversion effect is promoted further by the subzero treatment at −196 °C for 0.5 h prior to tempering, which enables the remaining austenite in the as-quenched state to transform and, thus, provides additional sites for austenite reversion. In addition, the subzero treatment and B doping result in the synergistic effect of the delay of crack initiation through the transformation of retained austenite in contact with ferrite and the improvement of bonding strength. Thus, the B-doped steel subjected to quenching, subzero treatment, and tempering exhibits a very high yield strength of approximately 1 GPa, the tensile strength of over 1.3 GPa, and an excellent elongation of 29.4%, which outperform the tensile properties of conventional austenitic or (austenite + ferrite) duplex lightweight steels.
AB - Effects of subzero treatment and B doping on austenite reversion are investigated in quenched and tempered Fe–9Mn–5Al-0.3C and Fe–9Mn–5Al-0.3C-0.005B (wt.%) lightweight steels. In the as-quenched condition, the steel microstructure consist of a triplex structure of austenite, ferrite, and martensite. B doping leads to a reduction in the prior austenite grain size by grain boundary segregation and precipitation of boro-carbides, which increases the stability of austenite against the athermal martensitic transformation. After tempering at 200 °C for 2 h, nano-lath reverted austenite is formed by the C-enrichment instead of the carbide precipitation owing to the high Al content. This reversion effect is promoted further by the subzero treatment at −196 °C for 0.5 h prior to tempering, which enables the remaining austenite in the as-quenched state to transform and, thus, provides additional sites for austenite reversion. In addition, the subzero treatment and B doping result in the synergistic effect of the delay of crack initiation through the transformation of retained austenite in contact with ferrite and the improvement of bonding strength. Thus, the B-doped steel subjected to quenching, subzero treatment, and tempering exhibits a very high yield strength of approximately 1 GPa, the tensile strength of over 1.3 GPa, and an excellent elongation of 29.4%, which outperform the tensile properties of conventional austenitic or (austenite + ferrite) duplex lightweight steels.
KW - (austenite+ferrite+martensite) triplex microstructure
KW - Boron doping
KW - Medium-Mn lightweight Steel
KW - Subzero treatment
KW - Transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP)
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U2 - 10.1016/j.msea.2020.140619
DO - 10.1016/j.msea.2020.140619
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85097349009
SN - 0921-5093
VL - 802
JO - Materials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing
JF - Materials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing
M1 - 140619
ER -