Carbon partitioning during bainite transformation in low alloy steels

Author: Lawrynowicz Z.  

Publisher: Maney Publishing

ISSN: 1743-2847

Source: Materials Science and Technology, Vol.18, Iss.11, 2002-11, pp. : 1322-1324

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Abstract

Carbon partitioning in untransformed austenite during bainite transformation has been studied using high speed dilatometry. It was found that in specimens partially transformed to bainite, during subsequent quenching to ambient temperature two martensite start temperatures Ms can be registered. Because Ms depends directly on a carbon content in austenite, the obtained results may indicate that the carbon concentration trapped in films of austenite between parallel subunits of bainitic ferrite is much larger than in the blocks of austenite. It would indicate the necessity of a substantial modification of bainite and martensite regions on the time–temperature–transformation (continuous cooling) diagrams.