Relation between intergranular stress in austenite and martensitic transformation in TRIP steels revealed by neutron diffraction

Harjo, S.   ; Kawasaki, Takuro   ; Tsuchida, Noriyuki*; Morooka, Satoshi  ; Gong, W.   

In situ neutron diffraction measurements of two low-alloy TRIP steels and a 304-type stainless steel during tensile and creep tests were performed at room temperature. Changes in the diffraction pattern, the peak integrated intensities of austenite () and the peak positions of were analyzed and discussed to understand a relationship between intergranular stress in and the occurrence of martensitic transformation during deformation. From tensile loading, it was found that the susceptibility of martensitic transformation depended on -() grains, in which -(111) grains underwent martensitic transformation at the latest. The -() dependence in the susceptibility of martensitic transformation was found to be controlled by the shear stress levels in -() grains, which were affected by the intergranular stress partitioning during deformation.