Effects of alloying elements, impurities, and carbon on temper embrittlement of steels

Abstract

AbstractThe use of only the thermodynamic approach in the investigation of the phenomena of temper embrittlement and impurity segregation is insufficient for the complete understanding of such processes. To explain correctly those phenomena, it is suggested that the phase transformation theory and the data from structural studies for different stages of aging be used in conjunction with the thermodynamic method. Such an approach makes it possible to explain the effects of each solute upon the process of impurity segregation.