Steel Heat Treatment
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2021) | Viewed by 7362
Special Issue Editor
Interests: metallurgy; steels; aluminum alloys; microstructures; mechanical properties; heat treatments; failure analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Heat treatment has been used to improve steel’s formability or performance since time immemorial, and the theoretical bases of this process were discovered and began to be understood in the XIX and XX centuries, thus allowing us to correlate the thermal process with the ensuing microstructure and the final mechanical properties.
Nevertheless, in the last few years, innovations in the base materials and characterization methods have opened up new research and development possibilities. For example, progress in additive manufacturing has motivated research efforts into new heat treatment methods for as-built alloys. Similarly, progress in crystal orientation mapping, by means of electron backscattered diffraction, has allowed a deeper understanding of microstructural evolution.
Moreover, research efforts have also been directed toward new or emerging heat treatment techniques, such as cryogenic heat treatment and rapid tempering, aiming to improve the mechanical performance of existing steel grades.
In this Special Issue, we will seek to provide a set of articles on various aspects of the heat treatment of steels, with a focus on microstructures and mechanical properties, including both research papers and review papers, informing readers on the latest ongoing research and development activities, on the current state of the art, and on prior history.
The Special Issue will seek to encompass (but will not be limited to) the following topics: the influence of alloy composition and prior processing; structural and microstructural evolution during the thermal process; ensuing formability or final mechanical performance, including static, cyclic and dynamic behavior in relevant subsequent processes or final applications; sensitivity to environmental degradation, including corrosion and hydrogen embrittlement; development of new heat treatment methods for new or emerging materials or prior processes, such as additively manufactured steels, or for special applications or improved performance; industrial applications, and history.
Prof. Paolo Matteis
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- steels
- heat treatment
- microstructures
- formability
- strength and toughness
