The invention belongs to the technical field of
metal material preparation, and particularly relates to ultralow-density Fe-Mn-Al-C steel and a preparation method thereof.The preparation method comprises the following steps that S1, a Fe-Mn-Al-C
casting blank is obtained, and gradient
solid solution is conducted on the Fe-Mn-Al-C
casting blank to obtain a
solid solution
casting blank; the gradient
solid solution comprises a first
solid solution and a second
solid solution, and the Fe-Mn-Al-C casting blank comprises the following components in percentage by
mass: 1.35%-1.60% of C, 33.5%-36.0% of Mn, 12.5%-15.5% of Al and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities; and S2, the
solid solution casting blank is subjected to fast
forging and
radial forging, Fe-Mn-Al-C steel is obtained, and the density of the Fe-Mn-Al-C steel ranges from 6.09 g / cm < 3 > to 6.25 g / cm < 3 >. Through reasonable chemical components and
process design, the ultralow-density Fe-Mn-Al-C steel is obtained by adopting the
forging treatment processes of
smelting, blank casting, gradient type
solution treatment and fast
forging and
radial forging, the structure of the Fe-Mn-Al-C steel comprises 85-92 vol% of
austenite and 15-8 vol% of ferrite, the
austenite further comprises a precipitated phase, the precipitated phase comprises kappa-
carbide, and the thickness of the ferrite is 10-20 micrometers. According to the ultralow-density Fe-Mn-Al-C steel, the yield strength at the
room temperature is 780-860 MPa, the tensile strength is 960-1020 MPa, the
ductility is 30%-40%, and the
specific strength is 155-165 MPa.cm < 3 > / g.