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Press-hardening steels (such as 22MnB5) have been widely used in automobile structure for light-weighting. However, these steels have relatively low elongation (< 8%), and particularly are severely oxidized if an Al–Si coating is not applied during the hot forming process; while the addition of Al–Si coating causes a high cost for paying the intellectual property. In this paper, we present a new medium-Mn TRIP steel, which not only has better mechanical properties but also higher resistance to oxidation than 22MnB5 so that requires no Al–Si coating for protection. A relatively low austenitization temperature was employed, leading to the formation of very fine prior austenite grains (< 1 μm), and the final microstructure composed of martensite as matrix, carbide precipitates and about 11% retained austenite. As a consequence, this newly designed steel possesses more than 1400 MPa yield strength, 1700 MPa ultra-tensile strength, and about 12% total elongation after press hardening. Furthermore, the thickness of oxidation layer is less than 3 μm, which is much smaller than the one for 22MnB5 steel.
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The authors would like to thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. U1460203, 51831002, 51861135302) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. FRF-TP-18-002C2). This study was financially supported by the Innovation Talent Cultivation Fund of the University of Science and Technology Beijing.
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Li, S., Luo, H. (2020). A Novel High-Strength Oxidization-Resistant Press Hardening Steel Sheet Requiring No Al–Si Coating. In: TMS 2020 149th Annual Meeting & Exhibition Supplemental Proceedings. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36296-6_47
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