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Cellular Precipitation at a 17-7 PH Stainless Steel Interphase Interface During Low-Temperature Nitridation

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Cellular precipitation of Cr-rich nitrides was observed at an austenite–ferrite interface in 17-7 PH stainless steel after low-temperature nitridation. Fine-scale lamellar rocksalt-structured nitride (MN1−x , M: randomly distributed Fe, Cr, and Al) was identified at the interfaces between austenite and ferrite by local-electrode atom-probe tomography and transmission electron microscopy. The small size and spacing of the nitride lamellae reflect the low mobility of substitutional atoms under the conditions of low-temperature nitridation. Nitrides of the same structure were formed within the ferrite grain as extremely small particles. The face-centered cubic nitride precipitates in the Bain orientation relationship with the ferrite.

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The authors are grateful for the financial support from the NSF grant DMR-1104937, and grateful to the University of Michigan, School of Engineering for allowing access to the LEAP instrument, and A.H. Hunter for his assistance with the atom-probe analysis.

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  1. Swagelok Center for Surface Analysis of Materials, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA

    Danqi Wang (Engineer)

  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA

    Frank Ernst (Professor), Harold Kahn (Research Professor) & Arthur H. Heuer (Professor)

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Wang, D., Ernst, F., Kahn, H. et al. Cellular Precipitation at a 17-7 PH Stainless Steel Interphase Interface During Low-Temperature Nitridation. Metall Mater Trans A 45, 3578–3585 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-014-2302-5

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