The effect of localized laser treatment on the microstructure and the corrosion behavior of Fe-Ni-C steel

Laser surface treatment shows great potential to locally create distinct phases in martensitic steels due to its highly localized laser heat flux. Architectured materials with microstructures of metastable austenite/martensite phases exhibit advanced mechanical properties, such as a better combination of strength and ductility. In addition, the...

The effect of localised laser treatment on the deformation behaviour of a Fe-Ni-C steel

The strength-ductility trade-off has been a long standing dilemma in material science. With the use of laser surface treatments, effort has been made in order to obtain a heterogeneous material with a well defined architectured microstructure to optimize this trade-off. In the present study, it is investigated how the deformation behaviour of...

Architectured MIcrostructures: The effect of localized laser heat treatment on the microstructure of a FeCNi steel

Laser surface treatments offer interesting prospects for the creation of architectured microstructures formed by distinct phases in metastable austenitic steels. In the present study, a laser-based localised heat treatment was developed to locally create an austenitic region in a quenched Fe25Ni0.2C martensitic microstructure. The highly...