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The effect of ausforming on the stability of retained austenite in a C-Mn-Si bainitic steel was investigated through metallography, X-ray diffraction and dilatometry. The geometrical relationships of the amount of bainite transformation and the volume fractions of retained austenite with deformation strains were studied. The results show that the degree of promotion of small strains on bainite transformation is nonlinear because of the dual effects of accelerated nucleation and retarded growth caused by ausforming. The transformed bainite fraction first increased and then decreased with increased small strains. It indicates that there is a maximum degree of the promotional function corresponding to a certain small strain at low temperature. Although small strains promote bainite transformation, a larger quantity of retained austenite exists at room temperature due to the suppressed martensite transformation during the cooling process after bainite transformation. The carbon content in retained austenite increases with the amount of baintie transformation, which contributes to the stability of austenite. Compared with the stabilizing effect due to carbon enrichment, mechanical stabilization caused by ausforming has a decisive effect on determining the volume fraction of retained austenite after isothermal bainite transformation.
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Hu, Hj., Xu, G., Wang, L. et al. Effect of ausforming on the stability of retained austenite in a C-Mn-Si bainitic steel. Met. Mater. Int. 21, 929–935 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12540-015-5156-5
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