Bainite transformation temperatures in high-silicon steels
- Kuang-Wu Inst. of Tech. and Commerce, Taipei (Taiwan, Province of China). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
The bainite transformation temperatures of eight high-silicon steels were determined metallographically. The bainite start (B{sub s}) temperatures, which define the highest temperature at which bainite can form, all lay below the T{sub 0} loci, where ferrite and austenite of the same chemical compositions have identical free energy. The established method of calculating B{sub s} temperatures gave reasonable agreement with the experimental results. Careful study of the isothermally reacted samples revealed that Widmanstaetten ferrite and bainite could both be observed, even at the beginning of the transformation, at around the B{sub s} temperature. On the other hand, the lower bainite start (LB{sub s}) temperatures of these steels were found to be very close to the martensite start (M{sub s}) temperatures. Silicon is considered to be responsible for depressing the LB{sub s} temperature by retarding the formation of cementite. The coformation of upper and lower bainite near the LB{sub s} temperature is also confirmed. The results indicate that the displacive formation mechanism of bainite is sustainable.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 347475
- Journal Information:
- Metallurgical and Materials Transactions. A, Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, Vol. 30, Issue 4; Other Information: PBD: Apr 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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