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Correlation between the surface coverage of severe shot peening and surface microstructural evolutions in AISI 321: A TEM, FE-SEM and GI-XRD study.

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Title: Correlation between the surface coverage of severe shot peening and surface microstructural evolutions in AISI 321: A TEM, FE-SEM and GI-XRD study.
Authors: Pour-Ali, Sadegh1, Kiani-Rashid, Ali-Reza1 kianirashid@um.ac.ir, Babakhani, Abolfazl1, Virtanen, Sannakaisa2, Allieta, Mattia3
Source: Surface & Coatings Technology. Jan2018, Vol. 334, p461-470. 10p.
Subjects: Austenitic stainless steel, Grain size, Microstructure, Material plasticity, Particle size distribution, Grain refinement
Abstract: Severe shot peening (SSP) as a surface severe plastic deformation (S 2 PD) process over a wide range of coverages was applied to generate gradient microstructures with the grain size increasing from nanometer- and micron-scale to initial grain size on the surface layers of 321 stainless steel. The microstructural evolutions including the grain size distribution and phase transformation were systematically investigated in-depth for different surface coverages. GI-XRD, FE-SEM and TEM techniques were used to reveal the microstructure modification mechanisms as a function of the surface coverage. Experimental results show that dislocation slip plays a key role in the grain refinement of this alloy so that with increasing the surface coverage, different structures including dislocation walls, dislocation tangles, and lamella-shaped cells sequentially appear in the initial coarse grains. The results confirmed that these dense dislocation structures during ultrahigh plastic deformation produce ultrafine- (115–192 nm) and nano-grains (68–82 nm) to minimize the total energy of the system. In line with the grain refinement, the γ (austenite) → α ′ (straininduced martensite) phase transformation is more affected as the plastic strain increases. So that the volume fraction of α ′ phase increases to 58.4% for ultrahigh strains. Gradient variation of microhardness with the depth was also obtained for various samples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:Severe shot peening (SSP) as a surface severe plastic deformation (S 2 PD) process over a wide range of coverages was applied to generate gradient microstructures with the grain size increasing from nanometer- and micron-scale to initial grain size on the surface layers of 321 stainless steel. The microstructural evolutions including the grain size distribution and phase transformation were systematically investigated in-depth for different surface coverages. GI-XRD, FE-SEM and TEM techniques were used to reveal the microstructure modification mechanisms as a function of the surface coverage. Experimental results show that dislocation slip plays a key role in the grain refinement of this alloy so that with increasing the surface coverage, different structures including dislocation walls, dislocation tangles, and lamella-shaped cells sequentially appear in the initial coarse grains. The results confirmed that these dense dislocation structures during ultrahigh plastic deformation produce ultrafine- (115–192 nm) and nano-grains (68–82 nm) to minimize the total energy of the system. In line with the grain refinement, the γ (austenite) → α ′ (straininduced martensite) phase transformation is more affected as the plastic strain increases. So that the volume fraction of α ′ phase increases to 58.4% for ultrahigh strains. Gradient variation of microhardness with the depth was also obtained for various samples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:02578972
DOI:10.1016/j.surfcoat.2017.11.062