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JournalofMaterialsEngineeringandPerformance
June1997,Volume6,Issue3,pp335343

Microstructureandpropertiesofthermomechanicallystrengthened
reinforcementbars:acomparativeassessmentofplaincarbonand
lowalloysteelgrades
Abstract
Anextensiveinvestigationhasbeencarriedouttostudystructurepropertycharacteristicsandcorrosionbehavior
inthreevarietiesofthermomechanicallytreated(TMT)reinforcementbars(rebars)producedinanintegrated
steelplantundertheSteelAuthorityofIndiaLimited.Threeexperimentalsteelheatsoneofplaincarbonand
twooflowalloychemistrywerechosenforthestudy.Ofthetwolowalloyheats,onewascopperbearingand
theothercontainedbothcopperandchromiumforimprovedcorrosionresistance.Hotrolledbarsforeach
specificchemistryweresubjectedtoinlinethermomechanicaltreatment,wherequenchingparameterswere
alteredtoachievedifferentyieldstrengthlevels.
AlltheTMTrebars,regardlessofchemistryandstrengthlevel,exhibitedacompositemicrostructureconsisting
offerritepearliteatthecoreandtemperedmartensiteattherim.Althoughatendencytowardformationof
Widmanstttenferritewasevidentinbarsof500and550MPayieldstrengthlevels,noadverseeffectontheir
strengthandductilitywasobserved.Fromthestandpointofmechanicalproperties,therebarsnotonlyconformed
tominimumyieldstrengthrequirements,butalsoexhibitedhighelongationvalues(21to28%)andexcellent
bendability.CorrosionstudiesofbothTMTandcoldtwistedanddeformed(CTD)rebarssubjectedtodifferent
laboratorytestsindicatedthatcorrosionresistanceincreasedinthisorder:CTD,plaincarbonTMT,copper
bearingTMT,andcopper/chromiumbearingTMT.
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Title
Microstructureandpropertiesofthermomechanicallystrengthenedreinforcementbars:a
comparativeassessmentofplaincarbonandlowalloysteelgrades
Journal
JournalofMaterialsEngineeringandPerformance
Volume6,Issue3,pp335343
CoverDate
19970601
DOI
10.1007/s1166599700989
PrintISSN
10599495
OnlineISSN
15441024
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SpringerVerlag
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temperedmartensite
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Authors
A.Ray(1)
D.Mukerjee(1)

S.K.Sen(1)
A.Bhattacharya(1)
S.K.Dhua(1)
M.S.Prasad(1)
N.Banerjee(1)
A.M.Popli(1)
A.K.Sahu(2)
AuthorAffiliations
1.ResearchandDevelopmentCentreforIronandSteel,SteelAuthorityofIndiaLimited,
834002,Ranchi,India
2.DurgapurSteelPlant,SteelAuthorityofIndiaLimitedDurgapur,713203,WestBengal,
India

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