a mixture of iron and iron carbide found in incompletely hardened steels, produced when austenite is transformed at temperatures between the pearlite and martensite ranges
Word origin
C20: named after Edgar C. Bain (1891–1971), American physicist; see -ite1
Examples of 'bainite' in a sentence
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The bainite transformation becomes slower as the carbon enrichment in austenite improves.
Zhihui Chen, Jianfeng Gu, Lizhan Han 2019, 'Decomposition characteristic of austenite retained in GCr15 bearing steel modifiedby addition of 1.3 wt.% silicon during tempering', Journal of Materials Research and Technologyhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2238785417300686. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In contrast, carbide precipitation accelerates the bainite transformation kinetics.
Zhihui Chen, Jianfeng Gu, Lizhan Han 2019, 'Decomposition characteristic of austenite retained in GCr15 bearing steel modifiedby addition of 1.3 wt.% silicon during tempering', Journal of Materials Research and Technologyhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2238785417300686. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The complex phase microstructures of specimens consist of ferrite, pearlite and bainite (6 – 10 %).
Wei CHEN, Jianchun CAO, Yinhui YANG, Zhe SHI, Weiqiang ZHANG, Min HUANG 2015, 'Investigation on the Strengthening and Toughening Mechanism of 500 MPa V-Nb MicroalloyedAnti-Seismic Rebars', Medžiagotyrahttp://matsc.ktu.lt/index.php/MatSc/article/view/9710. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Combing experimental data, the volume fraction of bainite in isothermal transformation was calculated.
Yaowen Xu, Guang Xu, Xinping Mao, Gang Zhao, Siqian Bao 2017, 'Method to Evaluate the Kinetics of Bainite Transformation in Low-Temperature NanobainiticSteel Using Thermal Dilatation Curve Analysis', Metalshttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/7/9/330. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Structure of the material consists of bainite and spherical graphite.
M. Leonavičius, A. Krenevičius, M. Šukšta, J. Posa 2003, 'The investigation and peculiarities of calculation of transport machine elements madeof austempered ductile iron', Transporthttp://www.transport.vgtu.lt/upload/tif_zur/2003-4-leonavicius_krenevicius_suksta_posa.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Typical microstructures consist of ferrite, bainite, and 10–15% of retained austenite.
Ludmila Kučerová 2017, 'The Effect of Two-Step Heat Treatment Parameters on Microstructure and MechanicalProperties of 42SiMn Steel', Metalshttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/7/12/537. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The microstructure of the laser-repaired layers in the five-layer sample included bainite and retained austenite.
Chunping Huang, Xin Lin, Haiou Yang, Fencheng Liu, Weidong Huang 2018, 'Microstructure and Tribological Properties of Laser Forming Repaired 34CrNiMo6 Steel',Materialshttp://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/11/9/1722. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The transformations were assumed: initial structure – austenite, austenite – perlite, bainite and austenite – martensite.
T. Domański, A. Bokota 2007, 'Numerical model of phase transformation of steel C80U during hardening', Archives of Foundry Engineeringhttp://www.afe.polsl.pl/index.php/pl/125/numerical-model-of-phase-transformation-of-steel-c80u-during-hardening.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
At moderate cooling rates, only bainite was observed in both the steels.
Sanjeev Kumar, S.K. Nath, Vinod Kumar 2016, 'Continuous cooling transformation behavior in the weld coarse grained heat affectedzone and mechanical properties of Nb-microalloyed and HY85 steels', Materials & Designhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127515306493. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The schemes of bainite reaction for cast iron are given.
L. R. Dudetskaja, A. I. Pokrovsky, I. S. Gaukhshtein, M. I. Demin, P. S. Gurchenko 2002, 'Thermal processing to bainite structure of cast iron details', Litʹë i Metallurgiâhttps://lim.bntu.by/jour/article/view/2407. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)