National Centre for Metallurgical Research, Physical Metallurgy Department, MATERALIA Research Group (CENIM-CSIC), Avda Gregorio del Amo, 8, Madrid E-28040, Spain
Lucia Morales-Rivas
National Centre for Metallurgical Research, Physical Metallurgy Department, MATERALIA Research Group (CENIM-CSIC), Avda Gregorio del Amo, 8, Madrid E-28040, Spain
Francisca G. Caballero
National Centre for Metallurgical Research, Physical Metallurgy Department, MATERALIA Research Group (CENIM-CSIC), Avda Gregorio del Amo, 8, Madrid E-28040, Spain
David Milbourn
Vanitec Ltd., Suite 5, 90 Calvery Road, Tumbridge Wells, Kent TN1 2UN, UK
Thomas Sourmail
Asco Industries-CREAS (Research Centre), Metallurgy, BP 70045, 57301 Hagondange Cedex, France
In the present work the influence of vanadium on the hardenability and the bainitic transformation of a medium carbon steel is analyzed. While V in solid solution enhances the former, it hardly affects bainitic transformation. The results also reveal an unexpected result, an increase of the prior austenite grain size as the V content increases.
