Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of High-Nitrogen Austenitic Stainless Steels Subjected to Equal-Channel Angular Pressing

Fu-Yuan Dong, Peng Zhang, Jian-Chao Pang, Qi-Qiang Duan, Yi-Bin Ren, Ke Yang, Zhe-Feng Zhang

Fig. 7 a Values of the Vickers microhardness for HNS steels recorded along the Z-direction on the cross-sectional plane after ECAP; b, c mechanical properties including YS, UTS, and UE, as a function of the distance from center of the billets