압축변형시킨 순천(0.007% 탄소포함)을 8$0^{circ}C$이하에서 저온열처리(ageing)한 후, 열처리시간에 따라 증가하는 저항복점(lower yield point)의 변화를 압축시험으로 측정하여 그 strain ageing 효과를 조사했다. 본 실험에서 압축변형된 순철의 strain ageing 속도는 저항복응력의 증가가 그치고 중가의 60% 정도에 이를 때까지 열처리시간의 2/3승에 비례했으나, 이미 알려진 인장변형의 경우에서보다 느렸다. 이 60%의 증가는 순철을 6$0^{circ}C$에서 약 5시간 열처리함으로써 얻었다. 압축변형된 순철의 strain ageing을 위한 활성화에너지는 열처리의 초기단계(6$0^{circ}C$에서 약 30분)에서 21,500 cal/mole이었는데, 이것은 인장변형의 경우에서 알려진 것보다 대략 10%가 큰 값이다. 이 증가는 잔유응력에 의해 결정내에 형성되는 strain field로 설명되었다. 열처리공정의 둘깨단계(6$0^{circ}C$에서 약 5시간까지 계속되는)에서는 그 활성화에너지가 다소 감소되는 경향이 있었다.
The effect of compression in the strain ageing of Ferrovac E iron has been examined with compressive testing following the prestrain in compression. Both prestraining and testing were preformed at room temperature with the strain rate of 1.9$ imes$10$^{-4}$ se $c^{-1}$ and that of 0.95$ imes$10$^{-4}$ se $c^{-1}$ , respectively. Ageing was carried out at several temperatures below 8$0^{circ}C$ using thermostatically controlled oil baths with a temperature control within$pm$1$^{circ}C$. It was found that the rate of strain ageing obeyed the $t^{2}$3/ law up to about five hours ageing at 6$0^{circ}C$. The rate was slower than theses reported in case of the tensile prestrained iron. Activation energy for strain ageing has been estimated as 21.5 Kcal/mole at tile first stage of the aging process. At the second stage of ageing where the $t^{2}$3/ law is still valid, however, the activation energy was somewhat decreased. The activation energy at the first stage of ageing was about 10% larger than published results on the tensile-prestraining. This difference between the activation energies is explained in terms of the residual stress field in lattice.
