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Microstructure Evolution and Tensile Properties of Cold-Rolled and Annealed Fe-30Mn-0.14C-7Cr-0.26Ni Steel

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The carbide precipitation, microstructure evolution, and tensile properties of Fe-30Mn-0.14C-7Cr-0.26Ni (in wt pct) steel after cold rolling to 95 pct reduction followed by annealing at temperatures ranging from 600 °C to 900 °C for 1 hour were investigated. The results show that, when the annealing temperature is increased from 600 °C to 900 °C, the grain size increases from 0.65 ± 0.30 to 5.75 ± 3.87 μm. When the annealing temperature is 600 °C, Cr23C6 carbides begin to precipitate. When the annealing temperature is increased from 600 °C to 800 °C, the average size of carbides increases from 39 to 69 nm. When the annealing temperature is increased to 900 °C, no carbides are produced due to the increased solubility of C in the austenite matrix. Ultrafine grains (~ 0.8 ± 0.58 μm) with a large amount of nanoscale carbides (~ 53 ± 21.8 nm) were obtained after annealing at 700 °C, resulting in a good combination of yield strength (679 MPa) and total elongation (38.4 pct). The fraction of deformation twins within the samples under different tensile strains was calculated, and it was revealed that grain refinement can seriously inhibit the generation of deformation twins. In addition, it has been found that grain refinement strengthening, precipitation strengthening, and dislocation strengthening have significant effects on yield strength, while the effects of solution strengthening and lattice friction are relatively weaker.

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Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the support from the National Nature Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51871194 and 52001274) and the National Natural Foundation of Hebei Province, China (Grant No. E2018203312). One of the authors (YZ) acknowledges the support from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant Agreement No 788567, M4D).

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    Xiaoman Chen, Jiaxin Zhang, Jianchao Xiong, Yuhui Wang, Tiansheng Wang & Yan Peng

  2. State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, China

    Xiaoman Chen, Yuhui Wang & Tiansheng Wang

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Chen, X., Zhang, J., Xiong, J. et al. Microstructure Evolution and Tensile Properties of Cold-Rolled and Annealed Fe-30Mn-0.14C-7Cr-0.26Ni Steel. Metall Mater Trans A 52, 3839–3848 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-021-06345-y

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