Reconstruction of parent austenite grain structure based on crystal orientation map of bainite with and without ausforming

By using a reconstruction program recently developed by the present authors, the parent austenite grain structure is reconstructed from the crystal orientation map of bainite structure. Local austenite orientation can be reconstructed from non-ausformed bainite structure with errors of 1.7° and 1.0° at spatial resolutions of 5 and 20 μm respectively. The angle of errors is further reduced to be less than 0.5° when an analysis area is extended to a whole austenite grain. Application of the reconstruction program to the bainite structure transformed from deformed austenite has clarified that the variation in grain shape and deformation texture of parent austenite can be well reconstructed.