Investigation of the evolution of retained austenite in Fe–13%Cr–4%Ni martensitic stainless steel during intercritical tempering》.pdfVIP

Materials and Design 84 (2015) 385–394 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Materials and Design journal homepage: www. /locate/jmad Investigation of the evolution of retained austenite in Fe–13%Cr–4%Ni martensitic stainless steel during intercritical tempering Shenghua Zhang, Pei Wang ⁎, Dianzhong Li, Yiyi Li Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The microstructure and amount of retained austenite (the austenite remained at room temperature) evolved Received 8 March 2015 in Fe–13%Cr–4%Ni martensitic stainless steel during intercritical tempering at 620 °C have been investigated. Received in revised form 16 June 2015 The amount of retained austenite showed a parabolic trend with increase in tempering time, which can be Accepted 26 June 2015 attributed to the gradual decrease in the thermal stability of the reversed austenite (the austenite formed at Available online 30 June 2015 high temperature). The influences of chemical composition, morphology of reversed austenite, and mechanical Keywords: constraints originating from tempered martensite matrix on the thermal stability have been discussed. The Retained austenite precipitation and growth of M23C6 in reversed austenite dilute the carbon concentration in reversed