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Relationship between nanohardness and microstructures in high-purity Fe–C as-quenched and quench-tempered martensite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

T. Ohmura ,
T. Hara  and
K. Tsuzaki
T. Ohmura
Affiliation:
Steel Research Center, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305–0047, Japan
T. Hara
Affiliation:
Steel Research Center, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305–0047, Japan
K. Tsuzaki
Affiliation:
Steel Research Center, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305–0047, Japan
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Abstract

The relationship between the nanohardness and the microstructures in the Fe–C martensite was studied to understand the contributions of the matrix and the grain boundary to the macroscopic strength. As-quenched martensite was examined for five kinds of Fe–C alloys with various carbon contents in the range of 0.1–0.8 mass%, while quench-tempered martensite was investigated for an Fe–0.4% C alloy. The ratio of the nanohardness to the macrohardness Hn/Hv was much smaller for the Fe–C martensite than those for the single crystals, indicating that there is a significant grain-boundary effect for the martensite. The ratio Hn/Hv of the as-quenched martensite decreased with an increase in the carbon content since the size of the block structure decreased with increasing carbon content. For the quench-tempered specimens, a significant reduction of the grain-boundary effect occured at the tempering temperature of 723 K. It is mainly due to the depression of the locking parameter caused by the disappearance of the film-like carbides on the boundaries.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 18 , Issue 6 , June 2003 , pp. 1465 - 1470
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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