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A.h. Jahanara, Y. Mazaheri, M. Sheikhi,
Volume 19, Issue 7 (7-2019)
Abstract
The aim of this research was to investigate ferrite and martensite micromechanical behavior in dual phase (DP) steels. For this purpose, a low carbon steel with ferrite-pearlite initial structure was cold-rolled up to 80% and annealed at 600 ºC for 20 min and subsequently water quenched. The final processing step involved heating to the
intercritical annealing region and holding for 10 min at 760, 780, 800 and 820 ºC followed by water quenching. DP steels consisting different volume fractions of ferrite and martensite and different ferrite grain size were produced. Scanning electron microscopy was supplemented by energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and nanoindentation test to follow microstructural changes and their correlations to the variation in phase's hardness. Nanoindentation study of ferrite and martensite hardening response in the DP microstructures showed that the average ferrite and martensite nanohardness has significantly increased from about 181 to 281 HV10mN and decreased from about 644 to 337 HV10mN with increasing intercritical annealing temperatures from 760 to 820 ºC, respectively. Higher intercritical annealing temperatures resulted in finer and harder ferrite grains in DP microstructures. Martensite nanohardness variation with intercritical annealing temperatures is related to change in its carbon content. By applying the rule of mixtures, the calculated hardness values meet well with the experimental values.
Fatemeh Yaghoobi, Roohollah Jamaati, Hamed Jamshidi Aval,
Volume 20, Issue 11 (11-2020)
Abstract
In the present study, using a new method, dual-phase (DP) steel with high strength and good ductility was produced from plain carbon steel with 0.16% carbon. The DP steel with ferrite-martensite structure was obtained using austenitizing, quenching, asymmetric cold rolling, and intercritical annealing at temperatures of 770 and 800 °C and short holding times of 1 and 5 min. Due to the application of uniform shear strain through asymmetric cold rolling, a uniform distribution of the martensite phase was observed in the RD-TD and RD-ND planes. By increasing the holding time, the volume fraction of martensite increased from 8% to 12% at 770 °C and from 10% to 33% at 800 °C for the holding times of 1 and 5 min, respectively. Hardness and strength improved with increasing temperature and time of intercritical annealing. The sample produced at a temperature of 800 °C and a time of 5 minutes showed excellent mechanical properties such as 244 HV hardness and 1020 MPa strength and 12.5% ductility. In addition, due to the high volume fraction of martensite and the consequent reduction of its carbon content, the hardness of this phase decreased and as a result, it showed significant plastic deformation and high strain hardening. The fracture surface of all produced DP steels mainly included dimples, which indicates ductile fracture behavior.
