Microstructure-Property Relationships in Medium-Mn Steels with Metastable Retained Austenite

Abstract:

The study addresses relationships between the microstructure and mechanical properties of thermomechanically processed carbide-free bainitic steels containing 3% and 5% Mn. A simulated thermomechanical processing using Gleeble equipment and thermomechanical hot strip rolling were applied to produce fine-grained mixtures of blocky-type and interlath metastable retained austenite embeded between bainitic ferrite laths. To monitor the transformation behaviour of retained austenite into strain-induced martensite interrupted tensile tests were applied. The identification of morphological features of retained austenite and strain-induced martensite was carried out using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) equipped with EBSD (Electron Backscatter Diffraction). The amount of retained austenite was determined by the EBSD technique. It was found that manganese content strongly affects mechanical stability of retained austenite resulting in a different degree of TRIP effect in the investigated alloys and subsequent mechanical properties of produced sheets.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 879)
• Pages: 619-624
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.879.619
• Online since: November 2016
• Authors: Adam Grajcar*, Mateusz Morawiec
• Keywords: Medium-Mn Steel, Multiphase Steel, Retained Austenite, THERMOMECHANICAL PROCESSING, TRIP Effect

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