A new etching route for revealing the austenite grain boundaries in an 11.4% Cr precipitation hardening semi-austenitic stainless steel

Materials Characterization

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 455-460

  San Martin, D ^a   Rivera Diaz del Castillo, P E J ^a   Peekstok, E ^b   van der Zwaag, S ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Austenite; Etchant; Grain boundaries; Martensite; Stainless steel

Indexed keywords

AGE HARDENING; AUSTENITE; ETCHING; MICROSTRUCTURE; STAINLESS STEEL;

AUSTENITE GRAIN BOUNDARIES; ETCHANTS; METALLOGRAPHIC CHARACTERIZATION;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES;

EID: 33947648947     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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