A Study of the Optimum Quenching Temperature of Steels with Various Hot Rolling Microstructures after Cold Rolling, Quenching and Partitioning Treatment
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experiment
2.1. Optimum Quenching Temperature Selection
2.2. Preparation and Heat Treatment Parameters of the Three Matrixes
2.3. Testing Parameters
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Optimum Quenching Temperature
3.2. Ms Temperature and Microstructure Characterization under Different Matrixes
3.3. Modified Empirical Formula
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Phase Transformation Parameters | Ac1/°C | Ac3/°C | Ms/°C |
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value | 723 | 803 | 334 |
Dilatometric Method | Empirical Formula | ||||
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Sampling Source | Steel Ingots | FPM Cold-Rolled | FMM Cold-Rolled | TMM Cold-Rolled | |
Ms/°C | 334 | 315 | 281 | 283 | 347 |
ΔT/°C | 13 | 32 | 66 | 64 | 0 |
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Chen, B.; Liang, J.; Kang, T.; Cao, R.; Li, C.; Liang, J.; Li, F.; Zhao, Z.; Tang, D. A Study of the Optimum Quenching Temperature of Steels with Various Hot Rolling Microstructures after Cold Rolling, Quenching and Partitioning Treatment. Metals 2018, 8, 579. https://doi.org/10.3390/met8080579
Chen B, Liang J, Kang T, Cao R, Li C, Liang J, Li F, Zhao Z, Tang D. A Study of the Optimum Quenching Temperature of Steels with Various Hot Rolling Microstructures after Cold Rolling, Quenching and Partitioning Treatment. Metals. 2018; 8(8):579. https://doi.org/10.3390/met8080579
Chicago/Turabian StyleChen, Bin, Juhua Liang, Tao Kang, Ronghua Cao, Cheng Li, Jiangtao Liang, Feng Li, Zhengzhi Zhao, and Di Tang. 2018. "A Study of the Optimum Quenching Temperature of Steels with Various Hot Rolling Microstructures after Cold Rolling, Quenching and Partitioning Treatment" Metals 8, no. 8: 579. https://doi.org/10.3390/met8080579