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Transformation and Twinning-Induced Plasticity Effect in a Novel Heterogeneous Microstructural Medium-Mn Steel Processed by ART Annealing

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A novel medium-Mn steel with 9.7 wt.% Mn content was developed through warm-rolling, cold-rolling and austenite-reverted transformation (ART) annealing processes, which presented an excellent combination of mechanical properties (the product of strength and ductility being ≥ 60 GPa⋅%). The tensile behavior and microstructure evolution of the novel medium-Mn steel with different ART processes were studied in detail. The steel inherited the banded microstructure produced by warm rolling when annealed at 600 °C. Heterogeneous microstructures composed of fine recrystallized equiaxed dual-phase grains and coarse non-recrystallization austenite grains were obtained after ART annealing at 700 °C and 750 °C. Moreover, the heterogeneous microstructure resulted in a higher strain-hardening rate than the banded microstructure. In addition, the different morphology distributions of austenite grains gave rise to austenite mechanical stability, thus triggering the multistage transformation and twinning-induced plasticity (TRIP and TWIP) effects during tensile deformation. Multiple strengthening and ductility-enhancing mechanisms including the TRIP effect, TWIP effect and dislocation strengthening contribute to the combination of ultrahigh strength and uncompromised ductility.

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The authors gratefully appreciate the financial support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant Number 51421001, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities Grant Number 2020CDJDPT001.

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  1. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China

    Hao Chen & Zejun Chen

  2. Special Steel Department of Central Iron and Steel Research Institute (CISRI), Beijing, 100081, China

    Haifeng Xu

  3. Ansteel Beijing research institute Co. Ltd., Beijing, 100081, China

    Tianpeng Zhou

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Chen, H., Xu, H., Zhou, T. et al. Transformation and Twinning-Induced Plasticity Effect in a Novel Heterogeneous Microstructural Medium-Mn Steel Processed by ART Annealing. JOM 74, 2826–2837 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-022-05337-6

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