Abstract

A fine-scale bainitic microstructure with high strength and high toughness has been achieved by transforming austenite at 200 °C. X-ray diffraction analysis showed the carbon concentration of these bainitic ferrite plates to be higher than expected from para-equilibrium. Atom-probe tomography revealed that a substantial quantity of carbon was trapped at dislocations in the vicinity of the ferrite–austenite interface. These results suggest that the carbon trapping at dislocations prevents the decarburization of super-saturated bainitic ferrite and therefore alters the carbide precipitation sequence during low-temperature bainite formation.

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