Thermal stability of retained austenite in bainitic steel: An in situ study

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 467, Issue 2135, 2011, Pages 3141-3156

  Podder, A Saha ^a,b   Lonardelli, I ^a,b   Molinari, A ^a,b   Bhadeshia, H K D H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Retained austenite; Synchrotron; Tempering; Thermal stability; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BAINITE; BAINITIC TRANSFORMATIONS; CARBIDES; FERRITES; MARTENSITE; MARTENSITIC TRANSFORMATIONS; STEEL METALLOGRAPHY; SYNCHROTRONS; TEMPERING; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; BAINITIC FERRITE; BAINITIC STEEL; CARBON CONCENTRATIONS; CARBON-ENRICHED; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; IN-SITU STUDY; RETAINED AUSTENITE; TEMPERING TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; TWO PHASE MIXTURES; X-RADIATION;

AUSTENITE;

EID: 80755130549     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2011.0212     Document Type: Conference Paper

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