Abstract
In patented and cold-drawn pearlitic steel wires dissociation of cementite occurs during mechanical deformation. In this study the influence of the carbon decomposition on the diffusion of nickel in ferrite is investigated by means of atom probe tomography. In the temperature range 423-523 K we observed a much smaller activation energy of Ni diffusion than for self-diffusion in body-centered cubic iron, indicating an increased vacancy density owing to enhanced formation of vacancy-carbon complexes. © 2013 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 424-427 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Scripta Materialia |
Volume | 69 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2013 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics