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Recrystallization Behavior of a Heavily Deformed Austenitic Stainless Steel During Iterative Type Annealing

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The study describes evolution of the recrystallization microstructure in an austenitic stainless steel during iterative or repetitive type annealing process. The starting heavily cold deformed microstructure consisted of a dual phase structure i.e., strain-induced martensite (SIM) (43 pct in volume) and heavily deformed large grained retained austenite. Recrystallization behavior was compared with Johnson Mehl Avrami and Kolmogorov model. Early annealing iterations led to reversion of SIM to reversed austenite. The microstructure changes observed in the retained austenite and in the reverted austenite were mapped by electron backscatter diffraction technique and transmission electron microscope. The reversed austenite was characterized by a fine polygonal substructure consisting of low-angle grain boundaries. With an increasing number of annealing repetitions, these boundaries were gradually replaced by high-angle grain boundaries and recrystallized into ultrafine-grained microstructure. On the other hand, recrystallization of retained austenite grains was sluggish in nature. Progress of recrystallization in these grains was found to take place by a gradual evolution of subgrains and their subsequent transformation into fine grains. The observed recrystallization characteristics suggest continuous recrystallization type process. The analysis provided basic insight into the recrystallization mechanisms that enable the processing of ultrafine-grained fcc steels by iterative type annealing. Tensile properties of the processed material showed a good combination of strength and ductility.

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The authors are grateful to Director, CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, for supporting this work. Authors also wish to record their gratitude to Prof. Dierk Raabe, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, Germany, for several valuable input and discussions. Authors wish to thanks Ms. Katja Angenendt and Ms. Monika Nellessen of Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, for helping in conducting several EBSD experiments.

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Ravi Kumar, B., Sharma, S. Recrystallization Behavior of a Heavily Deformed Austenitic Stainless Steel During Iterative Type Annealing. Metall Mater Trans A 45, 6027–6038 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-014-2543-3

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