EBSD as a tool to identify and quantify bainite and ferrite in low-alloyed Al-TRIP steels

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 230, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 499-508

  Zaefferer, S ^a   Romano, P ^a   Friedel, F ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EISENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^b THYSSENKRUPP STEEL EUROPE AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bainite; EBSD; Orientation gradients; TRIP steel

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BAINITIC TRANSFORMATIONS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); FERRITE; HIGH STRENGTH STEEL; PLASTICITY;

BAINITIC FERRITE; CHEMICAL STABILIZATION; EBSD; ELECTRON BACK SCATTER DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON BACKSCATTER DIFFRACTION; MECHANICAL STABILIZATION; METASTABLE AUSTENITE; MISORIENTATIONS; ORIENTATION GRADIENTS; TRIP-STEEL;

BAINITE;

ALLOY; ALUMINUM; AUSTENITE; BAINITE; FERRITE; STEEL;

ALGORITHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; ELECTRON BACKSCATTER DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; GEOMETRY; MATERIALS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 44349107199     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.02010.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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