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A fully pearlitic steel was deformed by high-pressure torsion up to very high strains, and the changes in the microstructure were determined by analytic and conventional transmission electron microscopy. The imposed strain leads to a fragmentation and an alignment of the cementite lamellae parallel to the shear plane. The electron energy-loss near-edge-fine structures of the Fe-L2,3-edge of the iron matrix and the cementite lamellae were measured with high spatial resolution. The results indicated that after high-pressure torsion, the iron matrix contains finely dispersed carbon-rich areas that do not show the electronic fingerprint of cementite. However, the refinement in microstructure leads to an enormous increase in mechanical strength.
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Wetscher, F., Pippan, R., Sturm, S. et al. TEM investigations of the structural evolution in a pearlitic steel deformed by high-pressure torsion. Metall Mater Trans A 37, 1963–1968 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-006-0138-3
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