Effect of carbon fraction on stacking fault energy of austenitic stainless steels

Tae Ho Lee, Heon Young Ha, Byoungchul Hwang, Sung Joon Kim, Eunjoo Shin

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Abstract

The effect of C fraction (C/N) on stacking fault energy (SFE) of austenitic Fe-18Cr-10Mn steels with a fixed amount of C+N (0.6 wt pct) was investigated by means of neutron diffraction and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The SFE were evaluated by the Rietveld whole-profile fitting combined with the double-Voigt size-strain analysis for neutron diffraction profiles using neutron diffraction. The measured SFE showed distinguishable difference and were well correlated with the change in deformation microstructure. Threedimensional linear regression analyses yielded the relation reflecting the contribution of both C+N and C/ N: SFE (mJ/m2) = -5.97+39.94(wt pct C+N)+ 3.81(C/N). As C fraction increased, the strain-induced γ→ε martensitic transformation was suppressed, and deformation twinning became the primary mode of plastic deformation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4455-4459
Number of pages5
JournalMetallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science
Volume43
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2012

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