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Silicon bearing steels are used in the manufacture of electrical appliances such as motors, transformers and household goods due to the enhanced magnetic properties that can be obtained. These properties are affected by the amount of silicon added, which also affects the range in which austenite becomes stable at high temperature. Therefore, it is of interest to model and predict the microstructural evolution, and the resulting flow stresses, taking place during processing at high temperature as deformation can take place in the ferritic, austenitic or ferritic and austenitic ranges. The rates for recovery and recrystallization of the material are strongly affected by the presence of ferrite, and no available model explains the way to take into account different phenomena.