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Delaying Effect of Cementite on Recrystallization Kinetics of a Ti-Nb Microalloyed High-Formability Steel

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Annealing of cold-rolled high-strength steels leads to various microstructural changes such as recrystallization, cementite precipitation, microalloying elements precipitation and austenite formation. These transformations are expected to interact with each other. Understanding how and where austenite forms in a microstructure is of prime importance to avoid formation of banded microstructures, which are detrimental to good in-use properties. In this work, a mean-field model is used to simulate concomitant recrystallization, cementite precipitation, microalloying elements precipitation and austenite formation kinetics, as well as their interactions during 1 and 10 °C/s heating. Excellent agreement with experimental data is obtained only if cementite pinning effect on recrystallized grain boundaries is considered. It is shown that cementite exhibits a much stronger delaying effect on recrystallization kinetics than microalloying elements, leading to the formation of banded microstructures. Carbon nominal content of a steel appears to be the most important parameter to acknowledge to understand recrystallization kinetics.

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This project was supported by the National Association of Research and Technology (ANRT—Project No 2017/0799). P. Barges is thanked for TEM training and assistance. Dr. G. Da Rosa is also gratefully acknowledged for fruitful discussions about microstructural evolutions.

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    Arthur Marceaux dit Clément, Khalid Hoummada & Philippe Maugis

  2. ArcelorMittal Maizières Research SA, Voie Romaine, 57280, Maizières les Metz, France

    Arthur Marceaux dit Clément, Josée Drillet & Véronique Hébert

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Marceaux dit Clément, A., Hoummada, K., Drillet, J. et al. Delaying Effect of Cementite on Recrystallization Kinetics of a Ti-Nb Microalloyed High-Formability Steel. Metall Mater Trans A 51, 4059–4073 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-020-05859-1

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