High-temperature confocal laser scanning microscopy(HT-CLSM)is considered as a powerful tool for in situ observation of the phase transformation of steels at elevated temperatures.It breaks the limitation that convent...High-temperature confocal laser scanning microscopy(HT-CLSM)is considered as a powerful tool for in situ observation of the phase transformation of steels at elevated temperatures.It breaks the limitation that conventional approaches on this aspect can only post-mortem the microstructure at room temperature.The working principle and major functions of HT-CLSM in initial are introduced and the utilization in details with HT-CLSM is summarized,including the behaviors of melting-solidifying,austenite reversion,as well as the austenite decomposition(formation of Widmanstätten,pearlite,acicular ferrite,bainite and martensite)in steels.Moreover,a serie of HT-CLSM images are used to explore the growth kinetic of phase at elevated temperatures with additional theoretical calculation models.Finally,the in situ HT-CLSM observations of phase transformation,combined with post-mortem electron backscatter diffraction analysis,is also summarized to elucidate the crystallographic evolution.展开更多
基金support received from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52274305,U20A20277)the Hubei Province key research and development project(2022BAA021).
文摘High-temperature confocal laser scanning microscopy(HT-CLSM)is considered as a powerful tool for in situ observation of the phase transformation of steels at elevated temperatures.It breaks the limitation that conventional approaches on this aspect can only post-mortem the microstructure at room temperature.The working principle and major functions of HT-CLSM in initial are introduced and the utilization in details with HT-CLSM is summarized,including the behaviors of melting-solidifying,austenite reversion,as well as the austenite decomposition(formation of Widmanstätten,pearlite,acicular ferrite,bainite and martensite)in steels.Moreover,a serie of HT-CLSM images are used to explore the growth kinetic of phase at elevated temperatures with additional theoretical calculation models.Finally,the in situ HT-CLSM observations of phase transformation,combined with post-mortem electron backscatter diffraction analysis,is also summarized to elucidate the crystallographic evolution.