<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of the present research is to check an analytical model of the kinetics of bainite transformation that will enable the producers of ADI to optimise the microstructure and mechanical properties and minimise the expensive and extensive experimental trials. A combination of thermodynamics and kinetic theory was used successfully to estimate the evolution of bainite as a function of temperature, time, chemical composition and austenite grain size and predict the processing window in austempered ductile iron using a bainite transformation model developed previously for high silicon steels. The results of the present research show that the bainitic model developed for high silicon steels is applicable for calculations of the processing window for ADI.</p></abstract>

The aim of the present research is to check an analytical model of the kinetics of bainite transformation that will enable the producers of ADI to optimise the microstructure and mechanical properties and minimise the expensive and extensive experimental trials. A combination of thermodynamics and kinetic theory was used successfully to estimate the evolution of bainite as a function of temperature, time, chemical composition and austenite grain size and predict the processing window in austempered ductile iron using a bainite transformation model developed previously for high silicon steels. The results of the present research show that the bainitic model developed for high silicon steels is applicable for calculations of the processing window for ADI.

Kinetics of the Bainite Transformation in Austempered Ductile Iron ADI

University of Science and Technology, Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Av. Kaliskiego 7, 85-796 Bydgoszcz, Poland

Advances in Materials Science

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The aim of the present research is to check an analytical model of the kinetics of bainite transformation that will enable the producers of ADI to optimise the...

Kinetics of the Bainite Transformation in Austempered Ductile Iron ADI

Published Online: Aug 02, 2016

Page range: 47 - 56

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/adms-2016-0008

Keywords
kinetics of bainite transformation, austempered ductile iron ADI

© 2016 Z. Ławrynowicz, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Kinetics of the Bainite Transformation in Austempered Ductile Iron ADI

Published Online: Aug 02, 2016

Page range: 47 - 56

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/adms-2016-0008

Keywordskinetics of bainite transformation, austempered ductile iron ADI

© 2016 Z. Ławrynowicz, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
kinetics of bainite transformation, austempered ductile iron ADI