Abstract
Abstract The influence of austenite deformation in non-recrystallization region on microstructural development in low-silicon content TRIP-assisted steels was investigated. Laboratory simulation of a typical thermomechanical control processing was carried out in an automated hot-compression testing machine. Specimens subjected to a typical multi-stage isothermal deformation/cooling program were deformed to true strains of 0, −0.15, −0.25 and −0.35 at various temperatures in austenite non-recrystallization region. Mossbauer spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and a novel tint-etching method were used to investigate the microstructure of deformed specimens. The results indicated that the maximum volume fraction ( V RA ) and carbon content ( C RA % ) of retained austenite can be obtained by deforming samples to some intermediate strains ( e =−0.15 for V RA and e =−0.25 for C RA % ). However, further straining of samples to e =−0.35 resulted in a drastic reduction of both parameters due to formation of pearlite. It was found that a decrease in deformation temperature resulted in increasing V RA and C RA % . Moreover, deformation of austenite was associated with morphology changes in retained austenite particles from interlath film-like type in undeformed specimens to blocky and encapsulated types in the deformed specimens.
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