Description
The strengths of patented eutectoid and hypereutectoid steels are strongly dependent upon the microstructures developed during the patenting process. Microstructural features can include pearlite interlamellar spacing, pearlite colony size and prior austenite grain size. The present investigation focuses on the creation of specific microstructures through the variation of laboratory heat treatments that simulate patenting. The microstructures are quantitatively analyzed, and the mechanical properties experimentally evaluated with predictive correlations between them made.
