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Manipulation of the Stacking Fault Energy of a Medium-Mn Steel Through Temperature and Hierarchical Compositional Variation

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Neutron diffraction was used to interrogate the temperature-dependent deformation response of a medium-Mn steel. Through in situ measurements of phase content, the deformation response at 298 K was found to consist of phase transformation of the γ-austenite to ε- and α-martensite (TRIP). When strained above 423 K, twinning-induced plasticity (TWIP) became the dominant deformation behavior. At intermediate temperatures, mixed-mode deformation was observed. The various deformation responses are explained relative to the calculated temperature-dependent stacking fault energy curve. For stacking fault energies ≤ 15 mJ/m2, phase transformation associated with stacking fault generation was observed. When the stacking fault energy was ≥ 22 mJ/m2, twinning was recorded. Between these values, a mixed-mode deformation was noted with both twins and ε-martensite being identified; the mixed-mode response is due to the chemical and microstructural inhomogeneity of the alloy. This investigation works to clarify the effect of temperature on medium-Mn stacking fault energy and the associated deformation responses within a single alloy class.

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Acknowledgments

A portion of this research used resources at the Spallation Neutron Source, a DOE Office of Science User Facility operated by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The authors thank Matthew Frost and Yan Chen for their assistance executing the experiments and analyzing the data. The authors also wish to acknowledge Dr. Timothy Walter and Dr. Christopher Meredith for their assistance in the execution of the tensile testing presented in this work.

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Field, D.M., Magagnosc, D.J., Hornbuckle, B.C. et al. Manipulation of the Stacking Fault Energy of a Medium-Mn Steel Through Temperature and Hierarchical Compositional Variation. Metall Mater Trans A 55, 161–172 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-023-07239-x

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