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Effect of Sn Micro-alloying on Recrystallization Nucleation and Growth Processes of Ferritic Stainless Steels

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We investigated the effect of Sn micro-alloying on recrystallization nucleation and growth processes of ferritic stainless steels. The as-received hot rolled sheets were cold rolled up to 80% reduction and then annealed at 740–880 °C for 5 min. The cold rolling and recrystallization microstructures and micro-textures of Sn-containing and Sn-free ferritic stainless steels were all determined by electron backscatter diffraction. Our Results show that Sn micro-alloying has important effects on recrystallization nucleation and growth processes of ferritic stainless steels. Sn micro-alloying conduces to grain fragmentation in the deformation band, more fragmented grains are existed in Sn-containing cold rolled sheets, which provides more sites for recrystallization nucleation. Sn micro-alloying also promotes recrystallization process and inhibits the growth of recrystallized grains. The recrystallization nucleation and growth mechanism of Sn-containing and Sn-free ferritic stainless steels are both characterized by orientation nucleation and selective growth, but Sn micro-alloying promotes the formation of γ-oriented grains. Furthermore, Sn micro-alloying contributes to the formation of Σ13b CSL boundaries and homogeneous γ-fiber texture. Combining the results of microstructure and micro-texture, the formability of Sn-containing ferritic stainless steels will be improved to some extent.

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This work was supported by the National Key Technology Research and Development Program of China (No. 2012BAE04B02) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 162704001).

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    Tong He, Yang Bai, Xiuting Liu, Dan Guo & Yandong Liu

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He, T., Bai, Y., Liu, X. et al. Effect of Sn Micro-alloying on Recrystallization Nucleation and Growth Processes of Ferritic Stainless Steels. Met. Mater. Int. 24, 789–801 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12540-018-0098-3

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