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A brief summary of some previously published results on quantitative relationships between the parameters of the microstructure and the mechanical properties has been presented — in this case the yield strength. The relationships presented make it possible in some cases to explain the influence of the chemical composition and the characteristics of the production process on the properties of steels. They are also the basis for the production of metals with desired properties.
The contribution of various elementary effects to the strength characteristics of steels is one of the basic questions in physical metallurgy. In recent years there have been advances not only in the theory of hardening and in the identification of various mechanisms of hardening but also in practical application of theoretical data. This is confirmed by the development of maraging steels, the use of various mechanisms of hardening in controlled rolling of microalloyed steels, progress in thermomechanical treatment of steels, the first experiments in quenching steels from the liquid condition, and the development of new types of heat-resistant steels.
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Scientific-Research Institute of Ferrous Metallurgy, Dobra, Czechoslovakia. Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 7, pp. 3–8, July, 1975.
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Prnka, T. Quantitative relationships between the parameters of dispersed precipitates and the mechanical properties of steels. Met Sci Heat Treat 17, 548–552 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00680398
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