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The Bonding Characteristics and Local Structure of Carbon in Solution and Iron Carbides in Iron Using C K-Edge X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Measurement and First-Principle Calculation

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The bonding characteristics and local structure of carbon in Fe-0.79 mass pct C martensitic and pearlitic steels are investigated using C K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and full-potential real-space multiple-scattering calculations. We find that the subpeak at 288 to 290 eV is related to the precipitation of carbides such as θ-Fe3C, η-Fe2C, ε-Fe3C, and χ-Fe5C2. Consequently, martensitic and pearlitic steels are characterized by peaks at 283 and 288 eV, respectively. The decay in the intensity of the peak at 288 eV follows carbon dilution in the θ-carbide, which is crucial for carbon aggregation. Since no high-precision C K-edge XAS spectral data are currently available for θ-Fe3C and carbon in solution, we believe that the proposed method is a suitable one for elucidating the mechanism of formation of the microstructure of steel from the viewpoint of carbon precipitation.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Dr. Akiko Nozaki and Dr. Yoshio Watanabe of the Aichi Synchrotron Radiation Center as well as Mr. Takayuki Harano of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation for fruitful discussions with regard to the XAS and XPS measurements and Ms. Fukiko Ohta and Prof. Dr. Keisuke Hatada for their assistance with the XAS calculations. The XAS and XPS experiments were conducted at beamline BL7U of the Aichi Synchrotron Radiation Center, which is managed by the Aichi Science & Technology Foundation, Japan (Proposal No. 2018 P4107).

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    Yuki Yoshimoto & Mitsuharu Yonemura

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    Sho-Ichi Takakura & Masashi Nakatake

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Yoshimoto, Y., Yonemura, M., Takakura, SI. et al. The Bonding Characteristics and Local Structure of Carbon in Solution and Iron Carbides in Iron Using C K-Edge X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Measurement and First-Principle Calculation. Metall Mater Trans A 50, 4435–4444 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-019-05328-4

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