• DOI:10.1007/s11661-014-2600-y
Corpus ID: 136871961

Influence of Carbide Morphology and Microstructure on the Kinetics of Superficial Decarburization of C-Mn Steels

@article{Alvarenga2014InfluenceOC,
  title={Influence of Carbide Morphology and Microstructure on the Kinetics of Superficial Decarburization of C-Mn Steels},
  author={Henrique Duarte Alvarenga and T. V. D. Putte and N. V. Steenberge and J. Sietsma and H. Terryn},
  journal={Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A},
  year={2014},
  volume={46},
  pages={123-133}
}

• Henrique Duarte Alvarenga, T. V. D. Putte, +2 authors H. Terryn
• Published 2014
• Materials Science
• Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A

Decarburization is an important process during the heat treatment of steels. It can be divided into three separated events: dissolution of carbides, diffusion of carbon through the iron matrix, and surface reactions. The process is very sensitive to temperature. During intercritical annealing, austenite nucleates in the cementite-ferrite interface and grows at the rate determined by the diffusion of carbon in austenite. The presence of a decarburizing atmosphere during annealing guides the… Expand

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