Improving Strength-Ductility via Short Austenitization in a Low-Carbon Carbide-Free Bainitic Steel

The strength and ductility of low-carbon carbide-free bainitic (CFB) automotive steel are not good enough. In this study, a short austenitization (SA) process in conjunction with isothermal bainitic transformation was adopted to refine the bainitic ferrite lath, thus improving the mechanical propert...

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Published in:	Crystals
Main Authors:	Jianhua Li, Peng Chen, Dapeng Yang, Hongshuang Di, Hongliang Yi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2022-11-01
Subjects:	carbide-free bainitic steel short austenitization bainitic transformation work hardening bainitic ferrite
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/12/11/1636