Abstract
Isothermal compression tests were carried out on the Fe-11Mn-10Al-0.9C medium-Mn lightweight steel in the temperature range from 800 °C to 1100 °C and strain rate range from 0.001 s−1 to 10 s−1 to investigate the influence of κ-carbide on the hot flow behavior. The true stress-true strain curves were analyzed to evaluate the role of κ-carbide on the softening phenomena during straining. It's found flow stress drops more remarkably from the peak point to the end of deformation at low temperature and low strain rate, that condition is favorable for the precipitation of κ-carbide instead of the occurrence of DRX. The activation energy of hot deformation based on the peak stress was calculated as 454.517 kJ mol−1, but this typical strain-compensated Arrhenius-type constitutive equation was found inappropriate to model the flow behavior of the present steel, especially at the low temperature regime. By comparison, a physically-based constitutive model consisting of Bergström's equation (ε<εp) and Kolmogorov-Johnson-Mehl-Avrami's equation (ε>εp) was developed and could predict the flow behavior of the steel accurately. Electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) analysis revealed the formation of necklace structure at high strain rate and the dynamic recrystallization (DRX) proceeded more adequately with the decrease in strain rate and increase in the deformation temperature. The precipitation of κ-carbides in both austenite grain interior and boundaries (GI and GBs) were enhanced at relatively low deformation temperature (e.g., 800 °C) and greatly improved the peak stress by hindering the dislocation motion. With the increase of deformation, the GB κ-carbide gradually coarsened and induced the decomposition of deformed austenite via the eutectoid reaction (γ→α+κ) at lower strain rate (e.g., 0.001 s−1) due to the sufficient transformation time, consequently leading to the remarkable flow stress softening. The microstructure characterization result was in agreement with variations of parameters (i.e., U, Ω, ρp and nA) with different deformation condition.
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