Important factors to obtain homogeneous and ultrafine ferrite-pearlite microstructure in low carbon steel

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 216-226

  Huang, Y D ^a   Froyen, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Austenite; Ferrite; Low carbon steel; Strain assisted transformation; Ultrafine grained microstructure

Indexed keywords

AUSTENITE; COOLING; DEFORMATION; EUTECTICS; FERRITES; MICROSTRUCTURE; PEARLITE; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESSES; VOLUME FRACTION;

LOW CARBON STEEL; STRAIN ASSISTED TRANSFORMATION; ULTRAFINE-GRAINED MICROSTRUCTURE;

CARBON STEEL;

EID: 0037616993     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(02)00163-2     Document Type: Article

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