| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2020 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Advanced High Strength Steels IV
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| Presentation Title |
Interstitial-free Bake Hardening Realized by Epsilon-martensite Reverse Transformation |
| Author(s) |
Shaolou Wei, Menglei Jiang, Cemal Cem Tasan |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Shaolou Wei |
| Abstract Scope |
Benefitting from thermally- or mechanically-induced martensitic transformation, ferrous-based alloys exhibit an exceptionally broad range of strength-ductility combinations. Due to technological importance, the forward austenite-to-martensite transformation is intensively studied, whereas its reverse counterpart remains comparatively less explored and unutilized. Here in this presentation, by exploiting an interstitial-free Fe-Mn-rich alloy as a model material, we report a latent strengthening mechanism that is associated with the thermally-activated epsilon-martensite-to-austenite reverse transformation. We will show that this sort reversion-induced hardening effect can be achieved in the same time-scale and temperature range similar to the conventional bake-hardening treatment, but leads to both improved strength and cumulative ductility. We will discuss the key mechanisms regarding transformation kinetics, kinematics, strengthening and ductilization modules. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: Supplemental Proceedings volume |