Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 1990, Vol. 3 ›› Issue (1): 52-57.

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EFFECT OF ALLOY ELEMENTS ON QUASIEQUILIBRIUM MICROSTRUCTURE IN Fe-Mn-Ni-Cr STEELS

XIE Changsheng SUN Peizhen ZHAO Jiansheng CHEN Yuqiu Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Wuhan,China XIE Changsheng Associate Professor,Department of Mechanical Engineering No.2,Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Wuhan 430074,China   

  • Received:1990-02-25 Revised:1990-02-25 Online:1990-02-25 Published:2009-10-10

Abstract: The microstructures of Fe-Mn-Ni-Cr steels with medium carbon and the effect of alloy ele- ments on them have been investigated by means of X-ray diffraction quantitative phase ana- lyses,metallography and hardness tests.The volume fraction of martensite in steels quenched at 1100℃ can be expressed as: f_M~(1100)=162.643-15.482Mn-7.36Ni-4.286(Cr+Mo+V) Based on this expression,the quasi-equilibrium microstructure diagram has been obtained.It is shown that the effect of Mn on the austenite stability is greater than that of Ni.The equiva- lent [Ni]=2.104Mn+Ni and equivalent [Cr]=Cr+Mo+V. The driving force for martensite transformation at M_s point has been calculated to he drastically decreased by element Mn.

Key words: quasi-equilibrium microstructure diagram, martensitic transformation, driving force, multi-factor regression analysis