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Title: Carbon content of austenite in austempered ductile iron

Journal Article · · Scripta Materialia
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  1. Kuang Wu Inst. of Tech. and Commerce, Taipei (Taiwan, Province of China). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

The development of austempered ductile iron (ADI) is a major achievement in cast iron technology. The austempering heat treatment enables the ductile cast iron containing mainly strong bainitic ferrite and ductile carbon-enriched austenite, with some martensite transforms from austenite during cooling down to room temperature. A key factor controlling the stability of the retained austenite can be evaluated soundly using the thermodynamics principles. It is the purpose here to demonstrate that the data of ADI from numerous sources have a similar trend.

OSTI ID:
642135
Journal Information:
Scripta Materialia, Vol. 39, Issue 1; Other Information: PBD: 5 Jun 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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