Quenched and Partitioned Microstructures Produced via Gleeble Simulations of Hot-Strip Mill Cooling Practices |
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Authors: | G. A. Thomas J. G. Speer D. K. Matlock |
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Affiliation: | (1) Advanced Steel Processing and Products Research Center, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USA |
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Abstract: | Previous researchers reported on quenched and partitioned (Q&P) microstructures produced via carbon partitioning from martensite into austenite during isothermal annealing after quenching to develop a partially martensitic initial structure. However, the thermal profile used in previous studies is not well suited to creating Q&P microstructures directly from a hot-strip mill. In this work, the commonly employed Q&P thermal profile (i.e., having an isothermal partitioning step) was modified to evaluate nonisothermal partitioning that might instead occur during cooling of a wound coil. Thus, it was possible to assess the potential for creating Q&P microstructures and properties directly off of the hot mill. Gleeble thermal simulations representative of a hot-strip mill cooling practice were used to create dual-phase, Q&P, transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP), and conventional microstructures by varying the quench/coiling temperatures (CTs) using a 0.19C-1.59Mn-1.63Si (wt pct) steel. Microstructural and mechanical property data indicate that hot rolling might be a viable processing route for high-strength Q&P steels. |
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