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Title: Austenite precipitation during tempering in 16Cr-2Ni martensitic stainless steels

Journal Article · · Scripta Materialia
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Defence Metallurgical Research Lab., Hyderabad (India)
  2. Banaras Hindu Univ., Varanasi (India)

The 16Cr-2Ni steel when quenched from austenitizing temperature of 1,323K results in the formation of a complex microstructure consisting of the inherited {delta}-ferrite, martensite and retained austenite with a few undissolved M{sub 23}C{sub 6} carbides. There do not appear to be many reports on tempering behavior of 16Cr-2Ni steel through microstructural characterization using transmission electron microscopy. A comprehensive study is under progress to examine the structure-fracture-property relationship on 16Cr-2Ni steel and the microstructural changes that occur on tempering the steel are dealt with in this paper.

OSTI ID:
665230
Journal Information:
Scripta Materialia, Vol. 39, Issue 7; Other Information: PBD: 4 Sep 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English