Abstract
In the present study, the effect of SIDT (Strain Induced Dynamic Transformation) on the microstructure of medium carbon steels was investigated to develop spheroidized annealing-free steel wire rods. When $0.45\%C$ steels were hot-deformed under the conditions of heavy reduction at low temperatures, a microstructure quite different from conventional ferrite-pearlite structure was obtained. It was considered that this ferrite-cementite microstructure was obtained because very small retained austenite grains existing between fine SIDT ferrites prefer to transform to cementite and ferrite instead of pearlite during cooling. Through the present study, $0.45\%C$ steels containing ferrite-cementite (FC) structure instead of ferrite-pearlite structure was obtained in as-rolled state by introducing SIDT. The specimen containing the FC structure was much softer than that containing conventional ferrite-pearlite structure. Therefore, it is concluded that deforming medium carbon steels under the conditions of SIDT is a very powerful method to obtain soft steel wire rods which could be cold-forged without softening heat-treatment
적절한 가공조건을 통하여, 중 탄소강에서 SIDT를 적용하여 페라이트-시멘타이트 미세조직이 압연 직후에 얻어졌다. 또한 이와 같은 조건은 압하온도 $690^{\circ}C$, 높이 감소율 $70\%$ (변형량 1.2) 및 변형율 속도 1/s에서 가공하였을 때 얻어졌으며, 가공 직후 $730^{\circ}C$로 승온하여 약 30분간 유지 후 서냉한 조건에서 매우 연한 미세조직이 얻어짐을 알 수 있었다. 이는 기존 20 시간 이상의 구상화 열처리에 비해 매우 짧은 시간이며, 구상화 열처리를 통한 경험한 미세조직과 유사한 특성을 나타낼 것으로 예상된다.
