
Abstract An integrated computational materials engineering (ICME) approach was used to design a fully Austenitic, Mn-stabilized steel strengthened by three nano-scale precipitate phases: β-NiAl, FCC-Cu, and M23C6 carbides. Thermo-Calc was used to predict the effects of Ni, Al, and Cu additions on phase stability in a Fe–17.7Mn–4.7Cr–0.48C (wt.%) base Austenitic composition. These predictions were verified experimentally by (1) synthesizing alloys of this Austenitic base alloy modified with Cu, Ni+Al, or Cu+Ni+Al, (2) measuring the mechanical properties by microindentation, and (3) characterizing the nano-scale microstructures by atom probe tomography (APT). After ageing at 580°C, selected based on Thermo-Calc modeling, only minor hardening was observed in samples modified with either Cu or Ni+Al. However, the alloy with combined additions of Cu together with Ni+Al exhibited significant hardening (490 HV, corresponding to an estimated σy ≈ 1200 MPa), which was attributed to the formation of FCC-Cu and β-NiAl nano-precipitates.
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