Influence of slab reheating practice on the microstructural evolution and toughness behavior of quenched and tempered plates of medium carbon microalloyed steel

Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 445-451

  Saxena, A ^a   Avtar, Ram ^b   Sinha, S N ^b   Chaudhuri, S K ^a  

^a STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LIMITED   (India)

^b Rourkela Steel Plant   (India)

Author keywords

Cementite; Ferrite laths; Granular bainite; Load displacement curve; Lower bainite; Plain strain fracture toughness test; Three point bend test; Upper bainite

Indexed keywords

BAINITE; BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRACK INITIATION; FERRITE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MARTENSITE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); QUENCHING; TEMPERING; TENSILE TESTING;

LOAD DISPLACEMENT CURVES;

CARBON STEEL;

EID: 0042318837     PISSN: 10599495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1361/105994903770343006     Document Type: Article

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