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- Borgenstam, Annika, et al.
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Activation energy for isothermal martensite in ferrous alloys
- 1997
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Ingår i: Acta Materialia. - 1359-6454 .- 1873-2453. ; 45:2, s. 651-662
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The experimental information on isothermal α martensite in ferrous alloys is reviewed. From the kinetics one can clearly distinguish between three groups of alloys yielding isothermal martensite. The first group contains high alloy steels with a low Ms temperature. They form isothermal martensite with a temperature dependence corresponding to a very low activation energy, possibly 7 kJ/mol. The second group contains steels with an appreciable amount of carbon. Its rate of formation of isothermal martensite can be explained by assuming that it is triggered by submicroscopic plates of bainite formed with a rate controlled by carbon diffusion. The third group contains Fe---Ni alloys with up to about 25% Ni. There the temperature dependence corresponds to an activation energy of about 80 kJ/mol. It is proposed that their transformation is related to the transformation causing plateau II in experiments with very rapid cooling, a transformation which has previously been proposed to be related to the formation of bainite.
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- Borgenstam, Annika, et al.
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Bainite in the light of rapid continuous cooling information
- 1996
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Ingår i: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions. A. - 1073-5623 .- 1543-1940. ; 27:6, s. 1501-1512
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Rapid continuous cooling of pure iron can produce three different transformations yielding acicular structures: Widmanstätten a, lath martensite, and lenticular martensite. The information on their extensions into binary systems with carbon, nickel, and chromium has been reviewed, and admittedly rough methods have been used for estimating growth rates in order to examine the role of diffusion. The effect of alloying elements on their plateau temperatures and growth rates indicates that Widmanstätten a in Fe-C alloys grows under conditions close to local equilibrium for carbon, and it is suggested that the same should hold for edgewise growth of bainite. In Fe-Ni alloys, there are indications that Widmanstätten α grows under a considerable solute drag, an effect which may also occur for bainite. In Fe-Cr alloys, the solute drag effect seems to be weaker but may increase with the carbon content.
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- Borgenstam, Annika, et al.
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Critical temperature for growth of martensite
- 1995
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Ingår i: Acta Metallurgica Et Materialia. - Oxford : Pergamon. - 0956-7151. ; 43:3, s. 945-954
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Ms may be defined as the temperature below which the formation of martensite starts upon cooling. It may also be useful to define Mg, the temperature below which martensite can grow if it is already nucleated. In order to analyze the mechanism of martensite formation, it is essential to know the difference Mg - Ms. We have tried to evaluate Mg - Ms for an Fe-C alloy with a decarburized surface zone in order to induce nucleation. The samples were studied by means of electron microprobe, serial sectioning and optical microscopy. The results indicate that Mg is surprisingly close to Ms. The possibility that Mg is controlled by growth rather than nucleation is discussed.
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- Borgenstam, Annika, et al.
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Driving force for f.c.c.→b.c.c. martensites in Fe-X alloys
- 1997
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Ingår i: Acta Materialia. - 1359-6454 .- 1873-2453. ; 45:5, s. 2079-2091
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Information on Ms, the starting temperature for formation of martensite, is reviewed and one Ms line each for lath and plate martensite are drawn in a number of Fe-X phase diagrams. A reasonable interpretation of the data indicates the possibility that the distance between the two lines may vary linearly with temperature and be independent of the choice of alloying element. Using thermodynamic descriptions of the binary systems, the driving force for the start of the formation of the two kinds of martensite is calculated from the same interpretation of data. When plotted against temperature the results indicate that the driving force for martensite may not be much affected by solution hardening but may mainly be a function of temperature. For plate martensite it may have a fairly constant value of about 2100 J/mol. For lath martensite it may vary linearly, possibly from 500 J/mol at 800°C to 2100 J/mol at 250°C.
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