The paper presents the study results on the effect of severe plastic deformation (SPD) via high pressure torsion (HPT) on the structure and properties of martensitic steel. The contribution of different strengthening mechanisms in the strength of steel has been analyzed. It is shown that independently of the deformation temperature the main contribution in hardening belongs to grain boundaries (about 50 %), whereas the dislocation and solid solution components achieve 15 and 25 %, respectively.
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