Influence of Severe Plastic Deformations on Martensitic Transformation in Alloys of Fe-Cr-Ni System

The article investigates influence of large plastic deformations created in the Bridgman anvils on the mechanical properties and microstructure of metastable alloys of the iron-chromium-nickel system of the austenitic-martensitic class. It is found that the application of deformation in the Bridgman anvils with a true logarithmic deformation e = 6-7 leads to formation of the α-phase (deformation martensite) with significantly higher mechanical properties compared to martensite formed during deformation by linear rolling. The authors reveal the differences in the microstructure of the alloy after deformation in the Bridgman anvils and deformation by rolling, which explain the discovered effect.