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On the measurement of the nanohardness of the constitutive phases of TRIP-assisted multiphase steels

2002; Elsevier BV; Volume: 328; Issue: 1-2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0921-5093(01)01689-6

1873-4936

Quentin Furnémont, M. Kempf, Pascal Jacques, Mathias Göken, Francis Delannay,

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels

The nanohardness of the phases present in the microstructure of two TRIP (for TRansformation Induced Plasticity)-assisted multiphase steels differing by their silicon content was measured by nanoindentation in an atomic force microscope. It is observed that the softest phase in both steels is the ferritic matrix, followed by bainite, austenite and martensite. It is also shown that the silicon content of the steel grades is responsible for an increase of the hardness of the ferritic matrix due to solid solution strengthening. Finally, the influence of the preparation mode of the surface prior to the nanoindentation measurements has been investigated. An electropolishing stage after mechanical polishing is acceptable to allow valuable nanohardness measurements.