Physical metallurgy of medium-Mn advanced high-strength steels

B Sun, A Kwiatkowski da Silva, Y Wu, Y Ma… - International …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Steels with medium manganese (Mn) content (3∼ 12 wt-%) have emerged as a new alloy
class and received considerable attention during the last decade. The microstructure and …

The dual role of TRIP effect on ductility and toughness of a medium Mn steel

C Hu, CP Huang, YX Liu, A Perlade, KY Zhu… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the tensile and fracture behaviors of a medium Mn steel fabricated by two
thermomechanical processes, namely intercritical annealing (IA) and room-temperature …

Microstructure and tensile properties of chemically heterogeneous steel consisting of martensite and austenite

JH Kim, G Gu, MH Kwon, M Koo, EY Kim, JK Kim… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
We made the chemical heterogeneity in steel consisting of mostly martensite with retained
austenite by applying intercritical annealing prior to full austenitization. It enables …

Tailoring the austenite characteristics via dual nanoparticles to synergistically optimize the strength-ductility in cold rolled medium Mn steel

Q Ye, H Dong, Q Guo, Y Yu, L Qiao, Y Yan - Journal of Materials Science & …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this work, we proposed a novel Cu/θ dual nanoparticles strategy to tailor the austenite
characteristics of a medium Mn steel via a tempering-annealing process to optimize the …

Cr-enriched carbide induced stabilization of austenite to improve the ductility of a 1.7 GPa− press-hardened steel

Z Chai, L Wang, Z Wang, Q Lu, J Hu, W Sun, J Wang… - Scripta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Obtaining a desired quantity of retained austenite (RA) in press-hardened steels (PHSs) with
a martensitic matrix is of great interest for the performance of safety critical components in …

2.3 GPa cryogenic strength through thermal-induced and deformation-induced body-centered cubic martensite in a novel ferrous medium entropy alloy

H Kwon, P Sathiyamoorthi, GM Karthik, P Asghari-Rad… - Scripta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel non-equiatomic FeCoNiAlTiMo ferrous medium-entropy alloy (MEA) with ultra-high
tensile strengths at 298 and 77 K is presented in this work. By subjecting the MEA to hot …

A heterostructured bainitic steel produced by two-step austempering and low-temperature ausforming

T Zhang, Y Wang, C Wang, B Mi, X You, L Wang… - Scripta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Heterogeneous microstructure has been become a very effective scheme for evading the
yield strength (YS)-ductility trade-off in metallic materials, however, strategies of fabricating …

Superior strength-ductility combination in a Ni-modified medium manganese lightweight steel with the determining role of phase transformation and recrystallization …

S Kumar, A Sarkar, AD Prasad, M Paliwal… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The present work elucidates the complex interplay between the changes in the
microstructural features and tensile properties in a Ni-modified medium manganese steel …

Mechanistic role of Mn heterogeneity in austenite decomposition and stabilization in a commercial quenching and partitioning steel

R Ding, C Zhang, Y Wang, C Liu, Y Yao, J Zhang… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Manipulating chemical heterogeneity, which could substantially alter austenite
decomposition behavior upon cooling, has recently proven to be very effective in tailoring …

Promoting ductility and formability in a carbide free bainitic steel via pre-annealing treatment

N Xu, L Wang, J Hu, Z Chai, W Zhao, W Xu - Materials Characterization, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aimed to overcome the existing trade-off in strength–ductility in carbide free
bainitic steel and improve ductility without compromising strength. Herein, we proposed a …