Thanks a lot for the responses.
Metengr,
FIB profile cuts and SEM, as NickE said. I dont know why it was done at 550 C. I'll ask. And yes, it was held at 880 C for fully austenitization and cooled to 550 C before furnace cooling.
Hello everyone,
I have a question about bands and islands found in grains of AISI 1045 steel after heat treatment of:
Austenization (inert atmosphere): At 880 C for 1 hour
Annealing: At 550 C for 1 hour
The chemical composition is: C: 0.45 %wt
Mn: 0.3-0.6 %wt...