TY - JOUR AU - García-Mateo, C. AU - Caballero, F. G. AU - Bhadeshia, H. K. D.H. PY - 2005/06/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Superbainite. A novel very strong bainitic microstructure JF - Revista de Metalurgia JA - Rev. metal. VL - 41 IS - 3 SE - Articles DO - 10.3989/revmetalm.2005.v41.i3.204 UR - https://revistademetalurgia.revistas.csic.es/index.php/revistademetalurgia/article/view/204 SP - 186-193 AB - In this work very recent results are shown that reveals the possibility of obtaining bainite by isothermal transformation at very low temperatures, of about 150°C, in high carbon high silicon steels. The microstructure thus obtained is a mixture of fine plates of bainitic ferrite (20-40 nm thickness) and thin films of carbon enriched austenite. These microstructures are very hard (600 HV) and strong (2.5 GPa). ER -