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Title: Influence of carbon partitioning kinetics on final Austenite fraction during quenching and partitioning

Journal Article · · Scripta Materialia
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  1. Los Alamos National Laboratory
  2. COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
  3. PONTIFFCIA UNIV
  4. UNIV OF LEEDS
  5. IMDEA-MATERIALES, MADRID
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The quenching and partitioning (Q&P) process is a two-stage heat-treatment procedure proposed for producing steel microstructures that contain carbon-enriched retained austenite. In Q&P processing, austenite stabilization is accomplished by carbon partitioning from supersaturated martensite. A quench temperature selection methodology was developed to predict an optimum process quench temperature; extension of this methodology to include carbon partitioning kinetics is developed here. Final austenite fraction is less sensitive to quench temperature than previously predicted, in agreement with experimental results.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396
OSTI ID:
956591
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-09-01639; LA-UR-09-1639; SCMAF7; TRN: US201014%%1960
Journal Information:
Scripta Materialia, Journal Name: Scripta Materialia; ISSN 1359-6462
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
AUSTENITE
CARBON
HEAT TREATMENTS
KINETICS
MARTENSITE
MICROSTRUCTURE
PROCESSING
QUENCHING
STABILIZATION
STEELS
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE