Nissan to Use 1.2GPa Steel to Reduce Vehicle Weight
Nissan just announced the expanded use of an Advanced High Strength Steel (AHSS) that has a tensile strength of 1.2GPa (= 1,200MPa = 175 ksi = 175,000 psi). This follows their initial announcement in October 2011. Things we’ve learned: The complex microstructure consists of 2 hard phases and 1 soft phase. The scale of the microstructure is micron / submicron. A new welding process needed to be developed to [...]