Abstract
The influence of bainite morphology on the impact toughness behaviour of continuously cooled cementite free low carbon bainitic steels has been examined. In these steels, bainitic microstructures formed mainly by lath-like upper bainite, consisting of thin and long parallel ferrite laths, were shown to exhibit higher impact toughness values than those with a granular bainite, consisting of equiaxed ferrite structure and discrete island of martensite/austenite constituent. Results suggest that the mechanism of brittle fracture of cementite free bainitic steels involves the nucleation of microcracks in martensite/austenite islands but is controlled by the bainite packet size.
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