Austenite grain size in the continuous casting process: Metallographic methods and evaluation

Materials Characterization

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 737-746

  Reiter, J ^a   Bernhard, C ^a   Presslinger, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b VOESTALPINE STAHL GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

continuous casting; etching techniques; grain size distribution; prior austenite grain size

Indexed keywords

AUSTENITE; ETCHING; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; METALLOGRAPHY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

AUSTENITE GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CONTINUOUS CASTING;

EID: 41449084264     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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