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Fabrication and Microstructural Control of Nano-structured Bulk Steels: A Review

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There exist strong interests of developing nano-grained steels because of the outstanding properties including high strength/weight ratio, wear resistance, excellent toughness, and favorable cellular activity. This article reviews the main fabrication process and microstructural control of nano-structured steels over the last decades. Severe plastic deformation is considered as an effective route of obtaining the nano-grained microstructures. The process of cold-rolling and annealing of martensitic steel is a viable method to obtain bulk nano-structured low carbon steel, while the final thickness of the cold-rolling plate is limited. According to the theoretical results of the thermal simulation studies, a novel alloy design combined with the rapid transformation and rolling process is proposed to successfully fabricate nano-grained high strength bulk steel. The refinement mechanisms are expected to be taking advantage of increase in the transformation nucleation sites and inhibiting the grain coarsening. Moreover, corresponding mechanical properties are summarized.

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    Linxiu Du, Jun Hu, Huifang Lan, Hui Xie & Guodong Wang

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Du, L., Yao, S., Hu, J. et al. Fabrication and Microstructural Control of Nano-structured Bulk Steels: A Review. Acta Metall. Sin. (Engl. Lett.) 27, 508–520 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40195-014-0077-8

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