Evaluation of Carbon Partitioning in New Generation of Quench and Partitioning (Q&P) Steels

Ariza, Edwan Anderson; Poplawsky, Jonathan; Guo, Wei; Unocic, Kinga A.; Ramirez, Antonio J.; Tschiptschin, André P.; Babu, Sudarsanam Suresh

doi:10.1007/s11661-018-4743-8

Title: Evaluation of Carbon Partitioning in New Generation of Quench and Partitioning (Q&P) Steels

Journal Article · Thu Jun 28 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Metallurgical and Materials Transactions. A, Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-018-4743-8· OSTI ID:1471849

Ariza, Edwan Anderson ^[1];

^[2]; Guo, Wei ^[2];

^[3]; Ramirez, Antonio J. ^[4]; Tschiptschin, André P. ^[5]; Babu, Sudarsanam Suresh ^[6]

University of São Paulo (Brazil). Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering; Technological University of Pereira (Columbia)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Science (CNMS)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science and Technology Division
The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of São Paulo (Brazil). Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering

In this study, quenching and partitioning (Q&P) and a novel combined process of hot straining (HS) and Q&P (HSQ&P) treatments have been applied to a TRIP-assisted steel in a Gleeble®3S50 thermomechanical simulator. The heat treatments involved intercritical annealing at 800 °C and a two-step Q&P heat treatment with a partitioning time of 100 seconds at 400 °C. The “optimum” quench temperature of 318 °C was selected according to the constrained carbon equilibrium (CCE) criterion. The effects of high-temperature deformation (isothermal and non-isothermal) on the carbon enrichment of austenite, carbide formation, and the strain-induced transformation to ferrite (SIT) mechanism were investigated. Carbon partitioning from supersaturated martensite into austenite and carbide precipitation were confirmed by means of atom probe tomography (APT) and scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM). Austenite carbon enrichment was clearly observed in all specimens, and in the HSQ&P samples, it was significantly greater than in Q&P, suggesting an additional carbon partitioning to austenite from ferrite formed by the deformation-induced austenite-to-ferrite transformation (DIFT) phenomenon. By APT, the carbon accumulation at austenite/martensite interfaces was observed, with higher values for HSQ&P deformed isothermally (≈ 11 at. pct), when compared with non-isothermal HSQ&P (≈ 9.45 at. pct) and Q&P (≈ 7.6 at. pct). Finally, a local Mn enrichment was observed in a ferrite/austenite interface, indicating ferrite growth under local equilibrium with negligible partitioning (LENP).

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1471849

Journal Information:: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions. A, Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, Vol. 49, Issue 10; ISSN 1073-5623

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