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Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Cold Rolled AISI 304L and 316L
Austenitic Stainless Steels during Reversion Annealing
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transformation. The latter was readily developed in 304L strain rate during the multi-pass rolling process was
determined from Eq. (1) [18]:
stainless steel. The subsequent annealing at temperatures
above 700°C was accompanied by the martensite- V r (1 r / 4) / Rh1 (1)
austenite reversion followed by recrystallization, leading
where V is the peripheral speed of roll (0.086 m/s), r
to ultrafine grained austenite. In a cold rolling study,
is the pass reduction (0.1), R is the radius of the roll
Hadji and Badji [16] noted the contribution of both (0.055 m), and h1 is the strip thickness at entry to pass
strain-induced martensite and grain size strengthening in (0.055 m). Accordingly, the average rolling strain rate
the case of AISI 304 stainless steel, while only grain size was determined as ~1.7 s-1. The sheets were then
contribution was found in the case of AISI 316 stainless continuously heated from room temperature up to
steel. Shrinivas et al. [17] showed that the amount of 1150°C at the heating rate of 5°C/min, where the
martensite increased with an increase in the amount of samples were immediately water quenched once they
rolling deformation in both AISI 304 and 316 stainless reached the desired temperature during heating. Fig. 1
steels for a given grain size. The volume fraction of shows a schematic representation of the applied
martensite increased with a decrease in grain size in AISI processing route is this work.
2.2. Characterization The martensite content of rolled AISI 304L and 316L
alloys was 95 and 52 vol%, respectively. This difference
After electrolytic polishing (H3PO4-H2SO4 solution
is related to the higher stability of the austenite phase in
at 40 V for 40 s) and electroetching (60% HNO3 solution
AISI 316L alloy as can be confirmed based on the M d30
at 2 V for 20 s), the field-emission scanning electron
temperature (Eq. (3)) [21]:
microscopy (FEI NOVA NANOSEM 450 FE-SEM) was
used for microstructural analysis. Phase identification M d 30 824 462 (C N ) 9.2Si 8.1Mn 13.7Cr 29( Ni Cu) 18.5
the tension test was much higher in AISI 304L alloy, of 0.4 µm was achieved in AISI 304L alloy. However,
implying that the transformation-induced plasticity the complete reversion in AISI 316L alloy was observed
(TRIP) effect was prevalent in this sample. However, at 800°C, but the recrystallization of the retained
during the tension of AISI 316L alloy, the amount of the austenite was achieved at 900°C. The latter requirement
formed martensite was low, which is related to the higher for the formation of an equiaxed microstructure resulted
stability of the austenite phase in this alloy as discussed in a much coarser average austenite grain size (2.3 µm).
before. Annealing up to higher temperatures resulted in the grain
The occurrence of the TRIP effect is responsible for growth of both alloys.
the delayed necking in the tension test, which enhances 3- The transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP)
the ductility of the alloy. This manifested itself in the effect was found to be a major factor in dictating the
form of higher ductility in the tension test, higher friction mechanical properties, where lower stability of the
stress in the Hall-Petch plot for hardness, and deeper austenite phase and the pronounced TRIP effect in AISI
dimples on the fracture surface of AISI 304L alloy. 304L alloy resulted in higher ductility in the tension test,
higher friction stress in the Hall-Petch plot for hardness,
and deeper dimples on the fracture surface.
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ریزساختار و خواص مکانیکی فوالدهای زنگ نزن آستنیتی 304ال و 316ال نورد سرد شده در حین
آنیل بازگشتی
چکیــده
تحوالت ریزساختاری در حین آنیل فوالدهای زنگ نزن آستنیتی 304ال و 316ال نورد سرد شده مورد مطالعه قرار گرفت .فوالد 304ال نورد
سرد شده کامال مارتنزیتی بود ولی فوالد 316ال نورد سرد شده نیمه مارتنزیتی-نیمه آستنیتی بود که به پایدارتر بودن فاز آستنیت در دومی ربط
داده شد .در حین آنیل پیوسته تا دماهای باال ،بازگشت کامل مارتنزیت ناشی از کرنش در دمای 750درجه سلسیوس و اندازه دانه متوسط 0/4
میکرومتر برای فوالد 304ال به دست آمد .بازگشت کامل مارتنزیت در فوالد 316ال در دمای 800درجه سلسیوس رخ داد و تبلور مجدد آستنیت
باقی مانده در دمای 900درجه سلسیوس به وقوع پیوست .این پیش نیاز برای ایجاد ساختار هم محور سبب شد که اندازه دانه متوسط بسیار بزرگتر
( 2/3میکرومتر) برای فوالد 316ال به دست آید .آنیل تا دماهای باالتر منجر به رشد دانه در هر دو آلیاژ شد .پدیده پالستیسیته القا شده توسط
استحاله به عنوان یک عامل مهم در تعیین خواص مکان یکی مطرح شد ،در جایی که پایداری کمتر فاز آستنیت و پدیده پالستیسیته القا شده توسط
استحاله قوی تر در فوالد 304ال منجر به انعطاف پذیری باال در حین آزمون کشش ،تنش اصطکاکی شبکه باالتر در رابطه هال-پچ ،و دیمپل های
واژههای کلیدی :فوالدهای زنگ نزن شبه پایدار ،بازگشت مارتنزیت ،ریزساختار ،خواص مکانیکی ،پدیده پالستیسیته القا شده توسط استحاله
IJMF, Iranian Journal of Materials Forming, Volume 7, Number 1 April 2020