HIGH-STRENGTH (5 GPa) STEEL WIRE - AN ATOM-PROBE STUDY

H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia and H. Harada

Abstract

The strongest commercial fibre, ''Scifer'' is investigated with a view to explaining its strength and discovering its structure at very high resolution. It is found that the ultra-high- strength steel fibre owes most of its strength to the very fine dislocation cell structure which originates during the very severe deformation imparted in the course of fibre manufacture. In addition, the carbon in the alloy is to a large extent forced into solid solution by a process akin to mechanical alloying, and this adds significantly to the overall strength.

APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 1993, Vol.67, No.1-4, pp.328-333

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