Formation of ultrafine grained ferrite in low carbon steel by heavy deformation in ferrite or dual phase region

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-25

  Huang, Y D ^a,b   Yang, W Y ^a   Sun, Z Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Austenite; Dynamic recrystallization; Ferrite; Heavy deformation; Hot deformation

Indexed keywords

AUSTENITE; AUSTENITIC TRANSFORMATIONS; CARBON STEEL; DEFORMATION; DUCTILITY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MICROSTRUCTURE; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); REFINING; STRAIN RATE;

DYNAMIC RECRYSTALLIZATION;

FERRITES;

EID: 0037366160     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(02)00272-8     Document Type: Article

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