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On the Processing of Martensitic Steels in Continuous Galvanizing Lines: Part II

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The conventional continuous hot-dip galvanizing (GI) and galvannealing (GA) processes can be applied to untransformed austenite to produce Zn and Zn-alloy coated low-carbon ultra-high-strength martensitic steel provided specific alloying additions are made. The most suitable austenite decomposition behavior results from the combined addition of boron, Cr, and Mo, which results in a pronounced transformation bay during isothermal transformation. The occurrence of this transformation bay implies a considerable retardation of the austenite decomposition in the temperature range below the bay, which is close to the stages in the continuous galvanizing line (CGL) thermal cycle related to the GI and GA processes. After the GI and GA processes, a small amount of granular bainite, which consists of bainitic ferrite and discrete islands of martensite/austenite (M/A) constituents embedded in martensite matrix, is present in the microstructure. The ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of the steel after the GI and GA cycle was over 1300 MPa, and the stress-strain curve was continuous without any yielding phenomena.

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  1. Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology, Materials Design Laboratory, POSTECH, Pohang, 790-784, South Korea

    Taejin Song (Graduate Student) & B. C. de Cooman (Professor)

  2. Technical Research Laboratory, POSCO, Gwangyang, 545-711, South Korea

    Jaihyun Kwak (Principal Researcher)

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Song, T., Kwak, J. & de Cooman, B.C. On the Processing of Martensitic Steels in Continuous Galvanizing Lines: Part II. Metall Mater Trans A 43, 263–280 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-011-0791-z

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