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Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Medium Manganese Steel with Different Aluminum Addition After Very Short Time Intercritical Annealing

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In this work, the phase transformation, microstructure, and mechanical properties of medium manganese steels containing 1.0 and 2.5% aluminum (mass%) were investigated at different intercritical annealing (IA) temperatures (670-820 °C) after very short IA times (1 min) using thermodynamic simulations, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction and uniaxial tensile tests. The results show that with the addition of aluminum, the temperature range between A1 and A3 increases from 338 °C for 1.0% Al to 506 °C for 2.5% Al. The retained austenite (RA) has two different morphologies, namely polygonal and lath. Most of the RA transformed into martensite during deformation. Two types of martensite were observed: the α’-martensite and ε-martensite. The steel with 2.5% aluminum (mass%), after IA at 790 °C, shows the best combination of tensile properties, including a tensile strength of 982.5 MPa, an elongation of 42.96%, and tensile strength × total elongation greater than 42 GPa%.

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This study was funded by the Natural Science Foundation of Inner Mongolia (2020LH05026), and the National International Science and Technology Cooperation Base on Railway Vehicle Operation Engineering of Beijing Jiaotong University (BMRV21KF02).

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  3. School of Mechanical, Electronic and Control Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering Research Center, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, People’s Republic of China

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Ding, W., Zhang, N., Zhang, G. et al. Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Medium Manganese Steel with Different Aluminum Addition After Very Short Time Intercritical Annealing. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 33, 2015–2026 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-023-08083-1

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