A novel strategy through controlling the selection of martensitic variant in metallic materials
is proposed to break through the trade-off between strength and ductility. Here we prepared …

The adoption of the ultrafast heating (UFH) process has gained much attention in the last
few years, as the green energy and minimization of CO2 emissions are the main aspects of …

Ultrafast heating (UFH) at the rates of 10–300° C/s was employed as a new strategy to
anneal a cold-rolled 7wt% Mn steel, followed by the immediate cooling. Severely deformed …

The simultaneous effects of cold rolling reduction and intercritical annealing time on the
microstructure and tensile properties of St12 steel were studied. It was revealed that by …

We performed ultra-fast heating (150° C/s) quenching and partitioning (Q&P) processes to a
cold-rolled low-carbon low-alloy steel. Adjusting the annealing temperature, we obtained …

The effect of intercritical annealing on the microstructure and mechanical properties of a low
carbon steel with the chemical composition (wt%) of 0.12 C–1.11 Mn-0.16 Si is studied. The …

Austenite formation from a ferrite-cementite mixture is a crucial step during the processing of
advanced high strength steels (AHSS). The ferrite-cementite mixture is usually …

Abstract The austenite formation in 0.2% C and 0.45% C steels with the initial microstructure
of ferrite and pearlite has been studied. The effect of conventional (10° C/s), fast (50° C/s …

The low-carbon steel revealed the presence of ferrite-pearlite and ferrite-martensite
microstructures after being subjected to different thermomechanical routes. These routes …

Cross rolling followed by intercritical annealing was proposed as an alternative route for
processing of dual phase (DP) steels, which led to fine recrystallized ferrite grain size and …