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Recent progress in microstructural evolution, mechanical and corrosion properties of medium-Mn steel

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Medium-manganese (Mn) steel (MMS) has remarkable characteristics of high strength, strong work-hardening capacity, and wear resistance, being a promising third-generation advanced high-strength steel with lower raw material cost compared with other generations of advanced high-strength steel. The chemical composition and processing route play critical roles in determining the microstructural evolution of the MMS, and the microstructure composition significantly influences the mechanical, corrosion and wear properties of the steel. Hence, a lot of research work focus on exploring the direct relation between microstructural evolution and mechanical/corrosion/wear properties, and the progress has the following crucial aspects: (1) alloying design on the phase composition and carbide precipitation, (2) processing route on regulating microstructure evolution and twinning-induced plasticity and/or transformation-induced plasticity strengthening mechanism, (3) work-hardening, corrosion, and corrosion resistance of the regulated MMS, and (4) fracture and failure mechanism of MMS under tensile, corrosion and wear damages, as well as the improvement strategies.

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This work was supported by the Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) (ITP/020/20AP), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2021YFB3701704), the Guangdong Academy of Sciences (GDAS) Project of Science and Technology Development (2022GDASZH-2022010103), Jiangxi Science and Technology Plan Project (S2020CXTD0356), and the Young Talent Support Project of Guangzhou Association for Science and Technology (QT20220101075). Hao-kun Yang thanks his wife, Ma Ting, for support on his career.

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  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, 212100, Jiangsu, China

    Yan-xin Qiao

  2. Institute of New Materials, National Engineering Research Center of Powder Metallurgy of Titanium and Rare Metals, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Metal Toughening Technology and Application, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, Guangdong, China

    Zhi-bin Zheng & Jun Long

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    Hao-kun Yang

  4. Jiangxi Lianfeng Investment Casting Co., Ltd., Yichun, 336300, Jiangxi, China

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Qiao, Yx., Zheng, Zb., Yang, Hk. et al. Recent progress in microstructural evolution, mechanical and corrosion properties of medium-Mn steel. J. Iron Steel Res. Int. 30, 1463–1476 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42243-023-00974-w

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