%0 journal article
%@ 1044-5803
%A Ebner, S., Schnitzer, R., Suppan, C., Stark, A., Liu, H., Hofer, C.

%D 2020
%J Materials Characterization

%P 110242 
%R doi:10.1016/j.matchar.2020.110242
%T Characterization of carbides in Q&P steels using a combination of high-resolution methods
%U https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2020.110242
 
%X It was found that this carbide precipitation resulted mainly from martensite tempering and partially also from a decomposition of the austenite. The detection of minor diffraction peaks that appeared during the partitioning step was assigned to θ- and χ-carbide formation, which was supported by correlative atom probe tomography (APT) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Additionally, NbC was detected by APT, but the amount was obviously too low to be detected by HEXRD. The applied methods are finally compared with regard to their applicability for carbide identification in Q&P steels.