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Järvenpää, A.; Jaskari, M.; Karjalainen, L.P. Reversed Microstructures and Tensile Properties after Various Cold Rolling Reductions in AISI 301LN Steel. Metals 2018, 8, 109

Reversed microstructures and tensile properties after various cold rolling reductions in AISI 301LN steel

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Author: Järvenpää, Antti1; Jaskari, Matias1; Karjalainen , Leo Pentti2
Organizations: 1Kerttu Saalasti Institute, Future Manufacturing Technology Group, University of Oulu, Pajatie 5, FI-85500 Nivala, Finland
2Centre for Advanced Steels Research, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 4200, FI-90014 Oulu, Finland
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Version: published version
Access: open
Online Access: PDF Full Text (PDF, 9.3 MB)
Persistent link: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe201803286227
Language: English
Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2018
Publish Date: 2018-03-28
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Abstract

Heavy cold rolling is generally required for efficient grain size refinement in the martensitic reversion process, which is, however, not desirable in practical processing. In the present work, the influence of cold rolling reductions of 32%, 45% and 63% on the microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of a metastable austenitic AISI 301LN type steel were investigated in detail adopting scanning electron microscopy with the electron backscatter diffraction method and mechanical testing. A completely austenitic microstructure and a partially reversed counterpart were created. It was found that the fraction of grains with a size of 3 µm or larger, called medium-sized grains, increased with decreasing the prior cold rolling reduction. These grains are formed mainly from the shear-reversed austenite, transformed from slightly-deformed martensite, by gradual evolution of subgrains to grains. However, in spite of significant amounts of medium-sized grains, the tensile properties after the 32% or 45% cold rolling reductions were practically equal to those after the 63% reduction. The austenite stability against the formation of deformation-induced martensite in subsequent straining was reduced by lowering the cold rolling reduction, due to the larger grain size of medium-sized grains and the shift of their orientation towards {211} <uvw>.

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Series: Metals
ISSN: 2075-4701
ISSN-E: 2075-4701
ISSN-L: 2075-4701
Volume: 8
Issue: 2
Article number: 109
DOI: 10.3390/met8020109
OADOI: https://oadoi.org/10.3390/met8020109
Type of Publication: A1 Journal article – refereed
Field of Science: 216 Materials engineering
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Funding: Antti Järvenpää acknowledges with gratitude the funding from Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation Fund for the Association of Finnish Steel and Metal Producers and the Interreg Nord 2014–2020—program as well as the continuous support from Outokumpu Company.
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