Effect of thermomechanical process history on grain boundary control in an austenitic stainless steel

D. L. Engelberg, R. C. Newman, T. J. Marrow

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    Abstract

    The influence of cold roll reduction history on grain boundary network development in an austenitic stainless steel has been investigated. A dominant effect of the final thermomechanical process cycles on grain boundary character development was observed. The application of low-strain processing cycles with 5% cold reduction was found to increase the fraction of Σ3 and Σ3-related variants on solution annealing. Two-step processing treatments with final reductions between 15% and 82% showed no significant differences to their single-step processed equivalents. © 2008 Acta Materialia Inc.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)554-557
    Number of pages3
    JournalScripta Materialia
    Volume59
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Sept 2008

    Keywords

    • Coincidence site lattice grain boundaries
    • Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD)
    • Grain boundary engineering
    • Stainless steel
    • Thermomechanical processing

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