Dilatometer Analysis of the One Step Quenching and Partitioning Process in a 1.5%Si Steel

Abstract:

A one step quenching and partitioning process was applied to a 0.2%C-2.0%Mn-0.5%Cr-1.5%Si steel by quenching austenitised samples to several different temperatures below the experimentallydetermined martensite start temperature of 397 °C and isothermally partitioning them beforequenching to room temperature using a quenching deformation dilatometer. These treatmentsyielded predominantly martensitic microstructures containing 5.6 vol.% to 7.5 vol.% retained austenite,as measured by x-ray diffraction. In each treatment, strong dilation was recorded during isothermalpartitioning, with little indication of phase transformation during subsequent cooling to room temperature.This behaviour lends weight to the idea that an isothermal phase transformation occurred duringpartitioning, and that the final microstructure is a mixture of athermally and isothermally formed constituents.These results also suggest that the final microstructure of this steel is mostly formed beforeand during partitioning.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volumes 783-786)
• Pages: 880-885
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.783-786.880
• Online since: May 2014
• Authors: David Martin*, Johan Eliasson, Bengt Brolund, Ylva Granbom
• Keywords: Dilatometry, Martensite, Partitioning, Quenching, Retained Austenite

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