Microstructure and Strength of Heavily Drawn Pearlitic Steels

Abstract

Microstructure and strength of heavily drawn pearlitic steels were examined by hardness distribution that and neutron diffraction. Macroscopic inhomogeneous plastic deformation occurs in the cross section of a wire. Microscopic inhomogeneous plastic deformation related to intergranular stress is almost similar between the inside and the outside parts of the wire.