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Static recrystallization mechanisms in a coarse-grained Nb-microalloyed austenite

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Static recrystallization mechanisms have been studied in a coarse-grained Nb microalloyed austenite. An austenite with a coarse grain size of 800 µm, typical of thin slab casting processes, has been deformed in torsion at a temperature of 1100 °C. After deformation, the specimens have been held for different times at this high temperature and then water quenched. The microstructural changes occurring during static recrystallization were characterized by metallographic evaluation. It has been observed that new recrystallized grains nucleate preferentially on parent austenite grain boundaries and tend to form in clusters. Once all the boundaries have been consumed, intragranular nucleation is actived at late stages of recrystallization. Clustered nucleation allows impingement to take place early during the recrystallization process, favoring grain-coarsening phenomena to occur behind the recrystallization front, which is denoted by the significant reduction in the number of grains per unit volume observed during early stages of recrystallization. Static recrystallization proceeds heterogeneously, as a result of a nonuniform distribution of stored energy in the deformed material. A continuous decrease of the average migration rate of the recrystallization front is observed, which can be ascribed to the reduction of the driving force for migration as recrystallization advances.

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    A. I. Fernández (Researcher), B. López (Researcher) & J. M. Rodriguez-Ibabe (Senior Researcher)

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Fernández, A.I., López, B. & Rodriguez-Ibabe, J.M. Static recrystallization mechanisms in a coarse-grained Nb-microalloyed austenite. Metall Mater Trans A 33, 3089–3098 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-002-0293-0

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