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On the Hall-Petch relationship and substructural evolution in type 316L stainless steel

Journal Article · · Acta Metallurgica et Materialia
 [1];  [2]
  1. Indian Inst. of Tech., Bombay (India). Dept. of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science
  2. Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada). Metallurgical Sciences Labs.

Tensile specimens of Type 316L stainless steel having grain sizes in the range 3.1--86.7 {micro}m were deformed to 34% strain at temperatures 24,400 and 700 C and strain rate 1 {times} 10{sup {minus}4}s{sup {minus}1} to investigate the Hall-Petch (H-P) relationship, the nature of stress-strain curves and the substructure development. Up to {approximately}5% strain the H-P relationship exhibits bi-linearity whereas the single Hall-Petch relation is exhibited at larger strains. The presence of bi-linearity is explained by the back stress associated with the difference in the dislocation densities in the vicinity of grain boundary and in the grain interior. The log stress ({sigma})-log strain ({epsilon}) plots depict three regimes and follow the relationship {sigma}=K{epsilon}{sup n} in each regime, but with varying magnitudes of the strength coefficient (K) and strain-hardening exponent (n).

OSTI ID:
131492
Journal Information:
Acta Metallurgica et Materialia, Journal Name: Acta Metallurgica et Materialia Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 43; ISSN 0956-7151; ISSN AMATEB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English