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Accelerated spheroidization induced by high intensity electric pulse in a severely deformed eutectoid steel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Edwin I. Samuel ,
Arghya Bhowmik  and
Rongshan Qin
Arghya Bhowmik
Affiliation:
Graduate Institute for Ferrous Technology, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
Rongshan Qin*
Affiliation:
Graduate Institute for Ferrous Technology, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea; and Department of Materials, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: r.qin@imperial.ac.uk
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Abstract

Application of high intensity electric pulse (HIEP) to a severely deformed eutectoid microstructure in high carbon steel wire has resulted in spheroidized microstructure. The observed spheroidization on electropulsing is compared with that reported for isothermal/thermo-mechanical annealing of the pearlite structure. The faster kinetics observed in this study has been rationalized in terms of accelerated kinetics induced by HIEP.

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SteelMicrostructureDiffusion

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Materials Communications
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 25 , Issue 6 , June 2010 , pp. 1020 - 1024
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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