Advanced (ultra) high-strength steels that utilise bcc-fcc microstructures are appealing
solutions for producing a combination of high strength and deformability. However, they are …

Prior austenite grain size has a marked effect on the hardenability, strength, and impact
toughness properties of steels. This study was conducted in order to understand the effect of …

The novel processing concept of direct quenching and partitioning (DQ&P) has been
explored with a medium-carbon (0.4 wt.% C) steel to evaluate and optimize the processing …

Experimental steels, a direct-quenched and partitioned (DQP) steel and a carbide-free
bainitic steel (CFB), were tested along with a commercial martensitic 500 HB grade wear …

Quenching and partitioning (Q&P) treated steels are traditionally alloyed with silicon (Si), but
its precise role on microstructural mechanisms occurring during partitioning is not thoroughly …

In order to establish the processing conditions to achieve the target of tensile strength of∼
1500 MPa with minimum retained austenite (RA) fraction of 10% in hot-rolled 3–4% Mn …

Phase transformation in low alloyed Fe-C steels during quenching and partitioning (Q&P),
though authentically attributed to carbon diffusion, is scarcely quantified experimentally in …

The effect of austenite deformation on carbon partitioning and transformation to athermal
and isothermal martensite, and bainite during quenching and partitioning (QP) is described …

The energy-efficient quenching and nonisothermal partitioning process has been shown to
engender an excellent strength-ductility combination in low alloy steels. Conventionally …

In the present investigation, multiphase microstructures containing a combination of ferrite,
martensite, retained austenite and carbides have been produced by altering the cooling rate …