Effects of thermal history and microstructure on phosphorus and manganese segregation at grain boundaries in C-Mn welds

Materials Characterization

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-62

  Maier, P ^a,b   Faulkner, R G ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WILDAU   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grain boundary segregation; Manganese; Phosphorus; Thermal history; Weld microstructure

Indexed keywords

AUSTENITE; CARBON; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; EMBRITTLEMENT; FERRITES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MANGANESE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHOSPHORUS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SOLUBILITY;

MULTIPHASE SYSTEMS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE;

WELDS;

EID: 0347408987     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2003.09.010     Document Type: Article

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