Press-hardened steel (PHS) with an ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of 1500 MPa has been
widely used in automotive body-in-white in the last two decades, due to its ultra-high …

Abstract Hot-press-forming (HPF) steels have attracted great attention as automotive
reinforcement parts, but are exposed to the potential risk of hydrogen embrittlement (HE) …

Hot stamping steels have become a crucial strategy for achieving lightweighting and
enhancing crash safety in the automotive industry over the past two decades. However, the …

A ferrite layer is formed between the outer intermetallics layers and the martensite substrate
during the hot stamping process of Al-Si coated press-hardened steel (PHS). Unexpectedly …

The effect of furnace heating rate on the intermetallic growth of Alsingle bondSi coatings for
22MnB5 hot stamping steel was characterized and quantified for two different commercial …

Hot-dip aluminum alloy is widely used in the engineering fields. However, during the
aluminum plating process, Fe inevitably enters and reaches a saturation state, which has a …

Hot-dip Al–Si alloy coatings with excellent resistance to corrosion and high-temperature
oxidation have emerged as promising lightweight substitutes for conventional corrosion …

The microstructure evolution and the pitting corrosion resistance of a supermartensitic
stainless steel after deep cryogenic treatment process were clarified through X-ray …

Al-Si coating prevents the oxidation or decarburization of hot-press forming (HPF) steel.
However, the high reactivity of Al with moisture promotes H uptake, and the coating hinders …

This study addresses critical issues of hydrogen embrittlement (HE) and liquid metal
embrittlement (LME) in Al-Si-coated and Zn-coated hot-press-forming (HPF) steel sheets …