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Title: Method for residual stress relief and retained austenite destabilization

Abstract

A method using of a magnetic field to affect residual stress relief or phase transformations in a metallic material is disclosed. In a first aspect of the method, residual stress relief of a material is achieved at ambient temperatures by placing the material in a magnetic field. In a second aspect of the method, retained austenite stabilization is reversed in a ferrous alloy by applying a magnetic field to the alloy at ambient temperatures.

Inventors:
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1174976
Patent Number(s):
6773513
Application Number:
10/217,396
Assignee:
UT-Battelle LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C21 - METALLURGY OF IRON C21D - MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Ludtka, Gerard M. Method for residual stress relief and retained austenite destabilization. United States: N. p., 2004. Web.
Ludtka, Gerard M. Method for residual stress relief and retained austenite destabilization. United States.
Ludtka, Gerard M. Tue . "Method for residual stress relief and retained austenite destabilization". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1174976.
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