@article{López_Álvarez de Sotomayor_Herrera_2001, title={Hardness evolution on annealing in AISI 304 stainless steel}, volume={37}, url={https://revistademetalurgia.revistas.csic.es/index.php/revistademetalurgia/article/view/451}, DOI={10.3989/revmetalm.2001.v37.i2.451}, abstractNote={The evolution of the microstructure and hardness of commercial AISI 304 stainless-steel samples with the heat treatment has been studied. Steel specimens in the as-received condition, and after 50% cold rolling, were soaked for 1 hour at various temperatures between 650 and 1200 °C. Samples, maintain their grain size and hardness until about 900 °C; thereafter, size increases with temperature, while hardness lightly-diminishes. Recrystallization of cold-rolled specimens begins at 650 °C, and finishes around 850 °C. Recrystallized grain-size reaches the value found in the as received material after the treatment at 900 °C. For high her annealing temperatures both grain growth and hardness decrease following the same trent in cold-worked and non-deformed materials.}, number={2}, journal={Revista de Metalurgia}, author={López, A. and Álvarez de Sotomayor, A. and Herrera, E. J.}, year={2001}, month={Apr.}, pages={124–129} }