| 1. |
- Hosseini, Seyed, 1981, et al.
(författare)
-
Atomic-scale investigation of carbon atom migration in surface induced white layers in high-carbon medium chromium (AISI 52100) bearing steel
- 2017
-
Ingår i: Acta Materialia. - : Elsevier BV. - 1359-6454 .- 1873-2453. ; 130, s. 155-163
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The microstructure and chemical composition of white layers (WLs) formed during hard turning of AISI 52100 steel were studied using atom probe tomography (APT) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). APT analyses revealed a major difference in the re-distribution of the carbon (C) atoms between WLs formed above and below the Ac1 temperature, i.e. T-WL and M-WL, respectively. In T-WL, the C-atoms segregate to grain boundaries (GBs) forming interconnected or isolated C-rich clusters, ∼5 nm, with a concentration of 9.8 ± 0.3 at.%C. Apart from the GB segregation, in M-WLs, large C-rich regions were found with 24.8 ± 0.4 at.%C. Owing to the chemical composition (stoichiometry) and element partitioning of such regions, they were assigned as θ-carbides (cementite). The APT results reveal that the original θ-carbides remain un-dissolved in the M-WLs, but might be plastically deformed due to the excessive strain that exists in hard machining process. The obtained results are in good agreement with the temperatures that are reached during formation of M-WLs. The isolated nano-sized C-clusters were assigned as off-stoichiometric carbides whereas the interconnected C-rich clusters were attributed to Cottrell atmospheres, evident by the linear shape of the C-enrichment as observed in the APT reconstructions. The C-contents in the nano-sized martensitic and ferritic grains were estimated to 0.50 ± 0.06 at.%C and ∼0.46 ± 0.02 at.%C, respectively. The C-content in the ferritic grains, beyond the C-solubility limit in ferrite (
|
|
| 2. |
- Hosseini, Seyed, 1981, et al.
(författare)
-
Formation mechanisms of white layers induced by hard turning of AISI 52100 steel
- 2015
-
Ingår i: Acta Materialia. - : Elsevier BV. - 1359-6454. ; 89, s. 258-267
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper concerns the formation mechanisms of white layers (WLs) induced by machining of through-hardened (martensitic and bainitic) AISI 52100 steel. The microstructures of different types of WLs were investigated using transmission electron microscopy; those that had been predominantly mechanically induced (M-WL) and those that had been predominantly thermally induced (T-WL). Independent of the process parameters and the starting microstructure, the WLs consisted of a randomly oriented nano- and submicron-sized microstructure with an average grain size in the order of several tens of nanometres. The M-WLs were characterised as bcc-(α) ferrite and orthorhombic-(θ) cementite where the initial martensite/bainite platelets had been reoriented along the shear direction and broken-down into elongated sub-grains through dynamic recovery. The T-WLs were shown to consist of fcc-(γ) austenite, bcc-(α) martensite, and orthorhombic-(θ) cementite. Here the elongated sub-structure was found to coexist with equiaxed grains, meaning that the formation was initiated by dynamic recovery, which advanced to dynamic recrystallisation at the increased temperatures caused by the higher cutting speeds. Although times and temperatures are considered to be insufficient to dissolve the secondary carbides, carbide refinement was observed independently on the type of WL. The carbide refinement was controlled by (i) deformation and fragmentation of the carbides via dislocation movement along the {1 1 0} and {1 0 0}, (ii) precipitation of nano-sized carbides and (iii) diffusion-based carbide refinement by carbon depletion via dislocations in the nano-sized grains and grain boundaries, which act as high diffusivity paths.
|
|
