Recent Advances in the Tempering Process
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 335
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Interests: grain boundaries; microstructure; materials engineering; steel; nanomaterials; mechanical engineering; plasticity; mechanical properties; alloys; material characterization
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Dear Colleagues,
The presence of fresh martensite is not desirable in the microstructure of steel. Whereas fresh martensite significantly increases the hardness and strength, other properties, such as low toughness and brittle fracture are markedly increased. Tempering is often conducted to increase the toughness of martensite and avoid the embrittlement phenomenon. The clarification of the contribution of tempering to the mechanical properties is vital for the optimization of the strength and ductility of steels to extend their service life. This Special Issue, entitled Recent Advances in the Tempering Process, is directed at revealing recent progress associated with tempering treatments. Furthermore, microstructural evolution, and the concurrent mechanisms by which it is enhanced by tempering treatment, is introduced.
Dr. Atef Saad Hamada
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- tempering
- martensite
- bainite
- mechanical properties
- microstructure
- substructure
- precipitation of carbides
- transformation
- thermal stresses
- fracture
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