The "quenching and partitioning" process: background and recent progress
A new process concept, "quenching and partitioning" (Q&P) has been proposed recently for creating steel microstructures with retained austenite. The process involves quenching austenite below the martensite-start temperature, followed by a partitioning treatment to enrich the remaining...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia e Materiais (ABM); Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica (ABC); Associação Brasileira de Polímeros (ABPol)
2005-12-01
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Series: | Materials Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-14392005000400010 |