Intercritical Heat Treatment Temperature Dependence of Mechanical Properties and Corrosion Resistance of Dual Phase Steel

Abstract This study investigated the effect of intercritical heat treatment temperature on the tensile properties, work hardening and corrosion resistance of dual phase steel. Ferrite-martensite dual phase steel with different martensite volume fractions were obtained after heat treatment at different intercritical temperatures. Microstructure, mechanical properties of steel were measured and the corrosion resistance was evaluated via polarization test. Tensile strength of the specimens increased by increasing the martensite volume fraction up to 48.2%. Further increase in martensite volume fraction led to decrease in tensile strength. Work hardening behavior analyzing showed that in DP steel with less than 50% martensite volume fraction, the work hardening took place in one stage and by increasing the martensite volume fraction two-stage work hardening behavior was observed in the Holloman analysis. The results of polarization test showed that, the corrosion resistance of dual phase steel is higher than that of plain carbon steel with ferrite-pearlite microstructure.