Quenching and partitioning (Q&P) is an advanced heat-treatment route designed to produce steels that combine high strength with enhanced ductility. The process begins with austenitisation, followed by ...
Steel alloys exhibit a range of phase transformations that underpin their mechanical properties and industrial performance. Central to steel processing are transitions between austenite (face-centred ...
Iron carbon alloys are also sensitive to the temperature at which they are formed, the rate at which they are cooled to the transformation temperature, and for non-equilibrium states subsequent ...