A 0.2C-1.5Mn-1.5Si-0.6Cr-0.05Nb （wt%） steel is treated respectively by novel quenching-partitioning-tempering （Q-P-T） process and traditional quenching and tempering （Q＆T） process for comparison. X-ray diffract...A 0.2C-1.5Mn-1.5Si-0.6Cr-0.05Nb （wt%） steel is treated respectively by novel quenching-partitioning-tempering （Q-P-T） process and traditional quenching and tempering （Q＆T） process for comparison. X-ray diffraction analysis indicates that Q-P-T steel has about 10% retained austenite, but Q＆T steel hardly has one. With the increase of com- pression strain rate from 7 × 10^2 to 5 × 10^3 s^-1, the flow stress of Q-P-T steel increases, which demonstrates the positive strain rate effect, but does not exist in Q＆T steel. The characterization of scanning electron microscopy indicates that a large number of long, straight martensite laths in Q-P-T steel will bend or be destroyed by large compressive strain of 35% at 5 × 10^3 s^-1. However, relative small compressive s^xain of about 5% at 7× 10^2 s^-1 almost does not have any effect on the original lath morphology. The characterization of transmission electron microscopy further reveals the origin of the positive strain rate effect and the microstructural evolution during dynamic compressive deformation.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51031001 and 51371117)
文摘A 0.2C-1.5Mn-1.5Si-0.6Cr-0.05Nb （wt%） steel is treated respectively by novel quenching-partitioning-tempering （Q-P-T） process and traditional quenching and tempering （Q＆T） process for comparison. X-ray diffraction analysis indicates that Q-P-T steel has about 10% retained austenite, but Q＆T steel hardly has one. With the increase of com- pression strain rate from 7 × 10^2 to 5 × 10^3 s^-1, the flow stress of Q-P-T steel increases, which demonstrates the positive strain rate effect, but does not exist in Q＆T steel. The characterization of scanning electron microscopy indicates that a large number of long, straight martensite laths in Q-P-T steel will bend or be destroyed by large compressive strain of 35% at 5 × 10^3 s^-1. However, relative small compressive s^xain of about 5% at 7× 10^2 s^-1 almost does not have any effect on the original lath morphology. The characterization of transmission electron microscopy further reveals the origin of the positive strain rate effect and the microstructural evolution during dynamic compressive deformation.
