Print Email Facebook Twitter Overview of mechanisms involved during the quenching and partitioning process in steels Title Overview of mechanisms involved during the quenching and partitioning process in steels Author Santofimia, M.J. Zhao, L. Sietsma, J. Faculty Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering Department Materials Science and Engineering Date 2011-04-26 Abstract The application of the quenching and partitioning (Q&P) process in steels involves a microstructural evolution that is more complex than just the formation of martensite followed by carbon partitioning from martensite to austenite. Examples of this complexity are the formation of epitaxial ferrite during the first quenching step and the formation of bainite, carbides, and carbon gradients as well as migration of martensite/austenite interfaces during the partitioning step. In this work, recent investigations on the mechanisms controlling microstructural changes during the application of the Q&P process are evaluated, leading to phase-formation based concepts for the design of Q&P steels. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f2e09178-a66b-4220-9644-19e9f7f12041 DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-011-0706-z Publisher Springer Verlag ISSN 1543-1940 Source Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 2011 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights (c) 2011 Santofimia, M.J.Zhao, L.Sietsma, J.This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Files PDF santofimia2011.pdf 797.74 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:f2e09178-a66b-4220-9644-19e9f7f12041/datastream/OBJ/view