In-situ microstructural evolutions of 5Mn steel at elevated temperature in a transmission electron microscope

作     者：Han-bo Jiang Xi-nan Luo Xiao-yan Zhong Hui-hua Zhou Cun-yu Wang Jie Shi Han Dong 

作者机构：National Center for Electron Microscopy in BeijingKey Laboratory of Advanced Materials(MOE)State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine ProcessingSchool of Materials Science and EngineeringTsinghua UniversityBeijing 100084China Central Iron and Steel Research InstituteBeijing 100081China 

出 版 物：《Journal of Iron and Steel Research International》 (国际钢铁研究杂志)

年 卷 期：2017年第24卷第11期

页      面：1109-1114页

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学科分类：08[工学] 080502[工学-材料学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 

基　　金：funded by National Basic Research Program of China(2010CB630800,2015CB921700) National Natural Science Foundation of China(51671112,51471096,51390471,11374174) National Key Research and Development Program(2016YFB0700402) National Key Scientific Instruments and Equipment Development Project(2013YQ120353) Tsinghua University(20141081200) 

主　　题：5Mn steel Focused ion beam milling In situ observation Microstructural evolution Austenite Cementite 

摘      要：The microstructural evolutions of 5Mn steel during various heat treatments have been investiga- ted by in-situ transmission electron microscopy （TEM）. The specimen of 5Mn steel was pre- pared using focused ion beam （FIB） milling, which allowed the selection of specific morphology of interest prior to the in-situ observation, The complete austenization at 800 ℃ was verified at the atomic scale by minimizing thermal expansion and sample drift in a heating holder based on micro-electro-mechanical-systems. During annealing at 650 ℃, the formation of reverted austen- ite was dynamically observed, while the morphologies of austenite laths of 5Mn steel after in-situ heating were quite similar to that after ex-situ intereritical annealing. During annealing at 500 ℃, the morphological evolution of cementite and associated Mn diffusion were investigated. It was demonstrated that a combination of FIB sampling and high temperature in-situ TEM enables us to probe the morphological evolution and elemental diffusion of specific areas of interest in steel at high spatial resolution.