The paper presents the results of research conducted on austenite formation in the microstructure of 41MnSi6-5 TRIP steel during annealing in the intercritical temperature range. The influence of the annealing temperature on the volume fraction of retained austenite in the microstructure of the investigated steel after water quenching was also determined.Based on the results of a dilatometric analysis and metallographic investigation it was noted that the pearlite-to-austenite transformation does not occur at a constant temperature, which is referred to as Ac 1 , but rather within some, possible to determine, temperature range which is bounded by the values Ac 1s and Ac 1 f .Moreover, through X-ray analysis, it was stated that the largest amount of retained austenite remained in the samples which were annealed at the lowest temperatures in the Ac 1s -Ac 1 f range prior to quenching. Increasing the annealing temperature to a two-phase α + γ (ferrite + austenite) range, resulted in a decrease of the volume fraction of retained austenite.It was also found that during annealing in Ac 1s ÷Ac 1 f temperature range, austenite is also formed from ferrite simultaneously. This could be the reason for the decrease the carbon content in the formed austenite and consequently the decrease in the volume fraction of retained austenite in the microstructure of the investigated steel, which was quenched after having reached temperatures higher than Ac 1s + 30• C. Keywords: phase transformations, critical temperatures, retained austenite, TRIP steels W pracy przedstawiono wyniki badań nad tworzeniem się austenitu w mikrostrukturze stali 41MnSi6-5 typu TRIP podczas wyżarzania w zakresie temperatur krytycznych. Określono również wpływ temperatury takiego wyżarzania na udział objętościowy austenitu szczątkowego, jaki pozostaje w mikrostrukturze badanej stali po zahartowaniu od takich temperatur. Na podstawie wyników analizy dylatometrycznej oraz badań metalograficznych stwierdzono, że w badanej stali przemiana perlit -austenit nie przebiega w stałej temperaturze określanej jako Ac 1 lecz w pewnym, możliwym do określenia jej zakresie, którego granice wyznaczają wartości Ac 1s i Ac 1 f .Ponadto, metodą analizy rentgenowskiej wykazano, że najwięcej austenitu szczątkowego pozostawało w tych próbkach z badanej stali, które przed zahartowaniem były wyżarzane przy najniższej temperaturze z zakresu Ac 1s ÷Ac 1 f . Podwyższenie temperatury wyżarzania do zakresu dwufazowego α + γ (ferryt+ austenit) było przyczyną zmniejszenia udziału austenitu szczątkowego.Stwierdzono, że podczas wyżarzania w zakresie temperatur Ac 1s ÷Ac 1 f tworzy się również z ferrytu. Mogło to być przyczyną zmniejszenia zawartości węgla w tworzącym się austenicie i spadku udziału austenitu szczątkowego w mikrostrukturze badanej stali po jej zahartowaniu od temperatur wyższych od Ac 1s + 30• C.
Comprehensive, dilatometric studies of the kinetic transformations of undercooled austenite in medium carbon TRansformation Induced Plasticity (TRIP) steel during cooling from the temperature range of 750–1030°C were carried out. Selection of austenitising temperatures was based on the knowledge of the critical temperatures. The influence of the austenitising temperature on the formation ranges of new phases and microstructural constituents during continuous cooling was determined. It was also shown that the annealing of the investigated steel at the lowest temperature resulted in the strongest lowering of Ms temperature as well as in the lowering hardenability. Based on the analysis of the stated relationships, modifications of the annealing, adapted to the investigated steel chemical composition, were proposed.
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