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Transmission Electron Microscopy of Martensitic Transformation in Xe-implanted Austenitic 304 Stainless Steel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2005

Guoqiang Xie*
Affiliation:
High Voltage Electron Microscopy Station, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0003, Japan
Minghui Song
Affiliation:
High Voltage Electron Microscopy Station, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0003, Japan
Kazutaka Mitsuishi
Affiliation:
High Voltage Electron Microscopy Station, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0003, Japan
Kazuo Furuya
Affiliation:
High Voltage Electron Microscopy Station, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0003, Japan
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Thin film specimens of austenitic 304 stainless steel implanted with 100 keV Xe ions at room temperature were investigated. Microstructural evolution and phase transformation were characterized and analyzed in situ with conventional and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. The phase transformation in a sequence from austenitic γ face-centered cubic (fcc) to hexagonal close-packed (hcp), and then to a martensitic α body-centered cubic (bcc) structure was observed in the implanted specimens. The fraction of the induced α(bcc) phase increased with increasing Xe ion fluence. Orientation relationships between the induced α(bcc) phase and austenitic γ(fcc) matrix were determined to be (011)α//(111)γ and [111]α//[011]γ. The relationship was independent of the induced process of the martensitic phase transformation for austenitic 304 stainless steel specimen, in agreement with the Kurdjumov–Sachs (K-S) rule. It is suggested that the phase transformation is induced mainly by the formation of the highly pressurized Xe precipitates, which generate a large stress level in stainless steels.

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