Observations on the Relationship between Crystal Orientation and the Level of Auto-Tempering in an As-Quenched Martensitic Steel

Ramesh Babu, Shashank; Nyyssönen, Tuomo; Jaskari, Matias; Järvenpää, Antti; Davis, Thomas Paul; Pallaspuro, Sakari; Kömi, Jukka; Porter, David

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Observations on the Relationship between Crystal Orientation and the Level of Auto-Tempering in an As-Quenched Martensitic Steel

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Materials and Mechanical Engineering, Centre for Advanced Steels Research, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulun Yliopisto, Finland

Outotec Research Center, Outotec Oy, Kuparitie 10, P.O. Box 69, FI-28101 Pori, Finland

Kerttu Saalasti Institute, University of Oulu, Pajatie 5, FI-85500 Nivala, Finland

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Metals 2019, 9(12), 1255; https://doi.org/10.3390/met9121255

Received: 7 October 2019 / Revised: 19 November 2019 / Accepted: 21 November 2019 / Published: 24 November 2019

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Auto-tempering is a feature of the technologically important as-quenched low-carbon martensitic steels. The focus of this paper is on the morphology of the martensite and the orientation of the last forming untempered regions in relation to the earlier formed auto-tempered martensite in both small and large austenite grains. A low-carbon martensitic steel plate was austenitized for 24 h and quenched to room temperature. The resulting microstructure was characterized using electron microscopy and electron back scattered diffraction (EBSD) imaging. It was found that all the untempered regions in the martensitic microstructure were oriented with the plane normals {100} close to the thickness, or normal, direction of the plates. Variant analysis revealed that the untempered regions and the auto-tempered regions are part of the same packet. View Full-Text

Keywords: martensite; auto-tempering; EBSD; untempered; variants; orientation

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Ramesh Babu, S.; Nyyssönen, T.; Jaskari, M.; Järvenpää, A.; Davis, T.P.; Pallaspuro, S.; Kömi, J.; Porter, D. Observations on the Relationship between Crystal Orientation and the Level of Auto-Tempering in an As-Quenched Martensitic Steel. Metals 2019, 9, 1255. https://doi.org/10.3390/met9121255

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Ramesh Babu S, Nyyssönen T, Jaskari M, Järvenpää A, Davis TP, Pallaspuro S, Kömi J, Porter D. Observations on the Relationship between Crystal Orientation and the Level of Auto-Tempering in an As-Quenched Martensitic Steel. Metals. 2019; 9(12):1255. https://doi.org/10.3390/met9121255

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Ramesh Babu, Shashank, Tuomo Nyyssönen, Matias Jaskari, Antti Järvenpää, Thomas P. Davis, Sakari Pallaspuro, Jukka Kömi, and David Porter. 2019. "Observations on the Relationship between Crystal Orientation and the Level of Auto-Tempering in an As-Quenched Martensitic Steel" Metals 9, no. 12: 1255. https://doi.org/10.3390/met9121255

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