<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The mechanism and kinetics of bainite transformation have been studied in Fe-Cr-Mo-V-Ti-C steel using high speed dilatometry and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) backed by thermodynamic analysis. At any temperature investigated did not occur the complete transformation of austenite. Obtained results confirm the incomplete reaction phenomenon with the cessation of the bainite transformation well before paraequilibrium is achieved. These experimental data indicate that bainitic ferrite forms by a displacive transformation mechanism, but soon afterwards, excess of carbon is partitioned into the residual austenite.</p></abstract>

The mechanism and kinetics of bainite transformation have been studied in Fe-Cr-Mo-V-Ti-C steel using high speed dilatometry and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) backed by thermodynamic analysis. At any temperature investigated did not occur the complete transformation of austenite. Obtained results confirm the incomplete reaction phenomenon with the cessation of the bainite transformation well before paraequilibrium is achieved. These experimental data indicate that bainitic ferrite forms by a displacive transformation mechanism, but soon afterwards, excess of carbon is partitioned into the residual austenite.

Bainite Transformation in Experimental Fe-Cr-Mo-V-Ti-C Steel

University of Technology and Life Sciences, Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, av. Kaliskiego 7, 85-789 Bydgoszcz, Poland

Advances in Materials Science

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The mechanism and kinetics of bainite transformation have been studied in Fe-Cr-Mo-V-Ti-C steel using high speed dilatometry and transmission electron...

Bainite Transformation in Experimental Fe-Cr-Mo-V-Ti-C Steel

Pubblicato online: 27 lug 2013

Pagine: 12 - 18

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/adms-2013-0005

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