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Room-Temperature Quenching and Partitioning Steel

  • B. B. He
  • , L. Liu
  • , M. X. Huang*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • The University of Hong Kong

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Abstract

The current study proposes a room-temperature quenching and partitioning (RT-Q&P) process to design new steels with an ultrahigh tensile strength (1.3 ~ 1.5 GPa) and a large total elongation (19 ~ 3 pct). This steel has a dual-phase microstructure with metastable austenite grains embedded in the martensite matrix. The martensitic transformation in retained austenite grains can not only provide the transformation-induced plasticity effect but also enable the strain gradient plasticity, enhancing the work hardening behavior of present steel.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3167-3172
Number of pages6
JournalMetallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science
Volume49
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2018
Externally publishedYes

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