TY - JOUR
T1 - Evolution of Microstructure and Carbon Distribution During Heat Treatments of a Dual-Phase Steel
T2 - Modeling and Atom-Probe Tomography Experiments
AU - An, Dong
AU - Baik, Sung Il
AU - Pan, Shiyan
AU - Zhu, Mingfang
AU - Isheim, Dieter
AU - Krakauer, Bruce W.
AU - Seidman, David N.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was financially supported by A. O. Smith Corporation, USA, NSFC (Grant Nos. 51371051, 51501091), the Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Advanced Metallic Materials (BM2007204), and the Scientific Research Foundation of Graduate School of Southeast University (YBJJ1628). Mr. Dong An is grateful for the financial support from the China Scholarship Council (CSC). APT was performed at the Northwestern University Center for Atom-Probe Tomography (NUCAPT). The LEAP tomograph at NUCAPT was purchased and upgraded with Grants from the NSF-MRI (DMR-0420532) and ONR-DURIP (N00014-0400798, N00014-0610539, N00014-0910781, N00014-1712870) Programs. This work made use of the EPIC Facility of Northwestern University?s NUANCE Center. NUCAPT and NUANCE received support through the MRSEC Program (NSF DMR-1720139) at the Materials Research Center and the SHyNE Resource (NSF ECCS-1542205), NUCAPT from the Initiative for Sustainability and Energy (ISEN), at Northwestern University; NUANCE from the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN); the Keck Foundation; and the State of Illinois, through the IIN.
Funding Information:
This work was financially supported by A. O. Smith Corporation, USA, NSFC (Grant Nos. 51371051, 51501091), the Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Advanced Metallic Materials (BM2007204), and the Scientific Research Foundation of Graduate School of South-east University (YBJJ1628). Mr. Dong An is grateful for the financial support from the China Scholarship Council (CSC). APT was performed at the Northwestern University Center for Atom-Probe Tomography (NUCAPT). The LEAP tomograph at NUCAPT was purchased and upgraded with Grants from the NSF-MRI (DMR-0420532) and ONR-DURIP (N00014-0400798, N00014-0610539, N00014-0910781, N00014-1712870) Programs. This work made use of the EPIC Facility of Northwestern University’s NUANCE Center. NUCAPT and NUANCE received support through the MRSEC Program (NSF DMR-1720139) at the Materials Research Center and the SHyNE Resource (NSF ECCS-1542205), NUCAPT from the Initiative for Sustainability and Energy (ISEN), at Northwestern University; NUANCE from the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN); the Keck Foundation; and the State of Illinois, through the IIN.
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - The temporal evolution of microstructures and carbon distributions in a Fe-0.323C-1.231Mn-0.849Si (mol pct) dual-phase steel during heat treatments are simulated using a two-dimensional cellular automaton model. The model involves austenite nucleation, phase transformations controlled by ferrite (α)/austenite (γ) interface mobility and the local carbon concentration, and long-range carbon diffusion. It is also coupled with a solute drag model to account for the effect of substitutional elements on the interface migration. The results show that after holding at 800 °C for 300 seconds the transformed γ-volume fraction is lower than the paraequilibrium prediction. During subsequent cooling at 6 °C s−1, the γ → α transformation takes place after a stagnant stage; the carbon concentrations in both the α- and γ-phases increase and become non-uniform. When cooled below 450 °C, the γ-volume fraction is nearly unchanged. A small amount of carbon enriched martensite, transformed from the remaining γ-phase, exists in the room temperature microstructure. The simulated microstructures and carbon concentrations in martensite compare reasonably well with the experimental micrographs and atom-probe tomographic measurements. During tempering at 400 °C, martensite decomposes and the carbon concentration in the α-matrix increases. The simulation results are used to understand the mechanisms of yield strength variations after different heat treatments.
AB - The temporal evolution of microstructures and carbon distributions in a Fe-0.323C-1.231Mn-0.849Si (mol pct) dual-phase steel during heat treatments are simulated using a two-dimensional cellular automaton model. The model involves austenite nucleation, phase transformations controlled by ferrite (α)/austenite (γ) interface mobility and the local carbon concentration, and long-range carbon diffusion. It is also coupled with a solute drag model to account for the effect of substitutional elements on the interface migration. The results show that after holding at 800 °C for 300 seconds the transformed γ-volume fraction is lower than the paraequilibrium prediction. During subsequent cooling at 6 °C s−1, the γ → α transformation takes place after a stagnant stage; the carbon concentrations in both the α- and γ-phases increase and become non-uniform. When cooled below 450 °C, the γ-volume fraction is nearly unchanged. A small amount of carbon enriched martensite, transformed from the remaining γ-phase, exists in the room temperature microstructure. The simulated microstructures and carbon concentrations in martensite compare reasonably well with the experimental micrographs and atom-probe tomographic measurements. During tempering at 400 °C, martensite decomposes and the carbon concentration in the α-matrix increases. The simulation results are used to understand the mechanisms of yield strength variations after different heat treatments.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11661-018-4975-7
DO - 10.1007/s11661-018-4975-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85055750979
VL - 50
SP - 436
EP - 450
JO - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science
JF - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science
SN - 1073-5623
IS - 1
ER -