Microstructure evolution during high-temperature partitioning of a Medium-Mn Quenching and Partitioning steel

Medium-Mn Quenching & Partitioning (Q&P) steels have been recently considered as potential candidates for the 3rd generation advanced high-strength steels. The processing of these steels aims to induce the partitioning of substitutional alloying elements from martensite to austenite during an isothermal treatment at high temperature,...

The role of silicon in carbon partitioning processes in martensite/austenite microstructures

Understanding carbon redistribution in steels is crucial in developing advanced high strength steels. For instance, Quenching & Partitioning (Q&P) processes rely on the partitioning of carbon from martensite into austenite, where at the end of the heat treatment the carbon-enriched austenite shows higher stability at room temperature....