Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Metallic Materials Under Heat Treatment
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 September 2025 | Viewed by 1092
Special Issue Editors
Interests: thermal and thermo-mechanical processing of metallic materials; advanced high strength steels (AHSS); ultarfast heating, thermal cycling, microstructural characterization including texture -SEM, EBSD (TKD, TEM, XRD); processing-structure-property relationship in metallic materials; damage and fracture in AHSS, rails and bearings
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Interests: microstructure; mechanical properties; advanced characterization and modeling; thermo-mechanical processing of metallic materials; alloy-processing–structure–property relationship in metallic materials; damage and fracture
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Heat treatment (including thermo-mechanical and thermo-chemical treatment) is one of the most powerful tools for controlling the mechanical and functional properties of metallic alloys. Although thermal treatment technologies have a long history and traditions, the current society puts forward new challenges and requirements, not only for newly developed steels and non-ferrous alloys but also for resource exploitation, fast and effective production, and limitation of CO2 emissions. Taking into account that most of the energy sources in this sector are mainly based on fossil fuels or heating in electrical resistance furnaces (excluding the salt baths), the heating rates are restricted to the limits of the heat transfer from the heater to the heat-treated part and they do not exceed the ranges of 2 °C/s to 10 °C/s. In recent years, the interest in non-conventional heat treatment processes, where the heating is performed at very high speed via different heating sources, like induction heating or resistive heating by passing the current directly through the sample, is continuously growing. Therefore, these processes are increasingly approaching the stage of industrial technology.
This Special Issue is focused on the results of experiments and modeling related to conventional but also to non-conventional technologies for thermal or thermo-chemical treatments where high heating rates and very short soaking times are used. Alternatively, approaches with multiple thermal treatment steps, like thermal cycling, thermo-chemical treatment, (nano)-composite production, and magnetic materials, are a subject of interest. We encourage researchers to share their experience in this field by publishing their research on applying not only conventional but also innovative technologies like ultra-fast heating, ultra-short annealing, ultra-fast tempering, microwave synthesis, thermal cycling, and thermo-mechanical or thermo-chemical treatment on steels and non-ferrous alloys, showing the link between the processing parameters, microstructure (inclusive texture), and mechanical properties.
Prof. Dr. Roumen Petrov
Guest Editor
Dr. Virgínia Bertolo
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- heat treatment
- thermo-chemical treatment
- non-conventional heat treatment
- ultra-fast heating
- ultra-short annealing
- thermal cycling
- steel
- advanced high-strength steels
- electrical steels
- non-ferrous alloys
- microstructure
- texture
- properties
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