Metallographic techniques for the determination of the austenite grain size in medium-carbon microalloyed steels

Materials Characterization

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 389-398

  Garcia De Andres C ^a   Bartolome M J ^a   Capdevila, C ^a   San Martin D ^a   Caballero, F G ^a   Lopez V ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL METALLURGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Microalloyed steel; Prior austenite grain size; Thermal etching

Indexed keywords

AUSTENITE; ETCHING; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HEAT TREATMENT; STEEL METALLOGRAPHY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MICROALLOYED STEELS; PRIOR AUSTENITE GRAIN SIZE (PAGS);

STEEL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035325335     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1044-5803(01)00142-5     Document Type: Article

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