Effects of Rare Earth on Behavior of Precipitation and Properties in Microalloyed Steels

The influence of rare earths on the behavior of precipitation of 14MnNb,X60 and 10Mn V steels was studied by STEM, XRD, ICP and thermal simulation method. The main carbonitride precipitates are Nb(C, N), (Nb, Ti) (C, N) and V(C, N). In austenite RE delays the beginning of precipitation, and decreases the rate of precipitation. In ferrite RE promotes precipitation and increases the amount of equilibrium carbonitride precipitation. RE can make precipitates fine,globular and dispersed in the microalloyed steels. With the increase of the amount of RE in steel, the amount of precipitation increases. The promotion effect is weakened with excessive RE. RE has only little influence on the strength of microalloyed steel, but it can improve impact toughness effectively.     

Influence of Specimen Geometry of Hot Torsion Test on Temperature Distribution During Reheating Treatment of APIX70

The commercial finite element package ANSYSTM was utilized for prediction of temperature distribution during reheating treatment of hot torsion test (HTT) samples with different geometries for APIX70 microalloyed steel. Simulation results show that an inappropriate choice of test specimen geometry and reheating conditions before deformation could lead to nonuniform temperature distribution within the gauge section of specimen. Therefore, assumptions of isothermal experimental conditions and zero temperature gradient within the specimen cross section appear unjustified and led to uncertainties of flow curve obtained. Recommendations on finding proper specimen geometry for reducing temperature gradient along the gauge part of specimen will be given to create homogeneous initial microstructure as much as possible before deformation in order to avoid uncertainty in consequent results of HTT.     

Influence of Mn Content and Hot Deformation on Transformation Behavior of CMn Steels

The hot deformation behaviors and the microstructural evolution of plain CMn steels with similar contents of C and Si but different contents of Mn have been investigated by compressive processing using Gleeble1500 mechanical simulator. Influence of Mn and hot deformation on continuous cooling transformation of steels has been studied. The experimental results showed that deformation in austenite region accelerated transformation process, and the extent is dependent on the hot deformation and cooling conditions. The hot deformation would promote transformation process, but the increase of transformation temperature is dependent on Mn contents. The results have also shown that the effect of deformation on ferrite transformation becomes more obvious with the increase of Mn content at relatively low cooling rate.     

High-Temperature (1023 K to 1273 K [750 °C to 1000 °C]) Plastic Deformation Behavior of B-Modified Ti-6Al-4V Alloys: Temperature and Strain Rate Effects

A minor addition of B to the Ti-6Al-4V alloy, by ~0.1 wt pct, reduces its as-cast prior β grain size by an order of magnitude, whereas higher B content leads to the presence of in situ formed TiB needles in significant amounts. An experimental investigation into the role played by these microstructural modifications on the high-temperature deformation behavior of Ti-6Al-4V-xB alloys, with x varying between 0 wt pct and 0.55 wt pct, was conducted. Uniaxial compression tests were performed in the temperature range of 1023 K to 1273 K (750 °C to 1000 °C) and in the strain rate range of 10^–3 to 10⁺¹ s^–1. True stress–true strain responses of all alloys exhibit flow softening at lower strain rates and oscillations at higher strain rates. The flow softening is aided by the occurrence of dynamic recrystallization through lath globularization in high temperature (1173 K to 1273 K [900 °C to 1000 °C]) and a lower strain rate (10^–2 to 10^–3 s^–1) regime. The grain size refinement with the B addition to Ti64, despite being marked, had no significant effect on this. Oscillations in the flow curve at a higher strain rate (10⁰ to 10⁺¹ s^–1), however, are associated with microstructural instabilities such as bending of laths, breaking of lath boundaries, generation of cavities, and breakage of TiB needles. The presence of TiB needles affected the instability regime. Microstructural evidence suggests that the matrix cavitation is aided by the easy fracture of TiB needles.     

Effects of Trace Zinc on Toughening and Strengthening of Steels

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Effects of γ-irradiation and Deformation Temperature on Tensile Properties of Pb-2 mass% Sb Alloy

Effects ofγ-irradiation and deformation temperature(T)on the tensile properties of Pb-2mass% Sb alloys were studied.The samples were annealed at 458 Kfor 2hin air,then water quenched after they wereγ-irradiated(the different doses were 0.5,1.0,1.5,and 2.0 MGy).The tensile properties were performed using stress-strain measurements at a constant strain rate(1.2×10~(-3) s~(-1))and at different T(303-393K).It was found that at constant dose,the fracture stress(σF)decreases while the fracture strain(εF)increases as Tincreases.At particular T,σFincreases whileεFdecreases with increasing dose.The strain-hardening exponent(n),which is the slope of the relation between ln(σ)and ln(ε)of the parabolic part of the stress-strain curve,was determined and its values increase as Tincreases and decrease as the dose increases.The value of the activation energy increases as the dose increases from 0.07 eV for un-irradiated sample to 0.1eV for the 2 MGy-irradiated sample.These values are in accordance with that needed for dislocation movement and ordering process.An interpretation of the results was given,based on the creation of point and line defects due toγ-irradiation,and that results in a distribution of beta phase(Sb-phase),leading to a difficulty in the movement of dislocations,so there is an increase in alloy hardness.     

Effect of Microstructure in TRIP Steel on Its Tensile Behavior at High Strain Rate

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Effects of Cooling Rate on Transformations in a Fe-9 Pct Ni Steel

The transformations of a high-strength 9Ni-Cr-Mo-V steel were characterized as a function of cooling rate by dilatometry, microhardness measurements, and microstructural characterization. The results demonstrate that this steel is extremely insensitive to changes in cooling rate, generating a duplex microstructure of coarse autotempered martensite within a matrix of fine lath martensite at nearly all cooling rates. The coarse autotempered martensite is observed even at very slow cooling rates, although the lath martensite becomes replaced by lath (or bainitic) ferrite.     

Influence of Prior Austenite Deformation and Non-Metallic Inclusions on Ferrite in Low Carbon Steels

 Abstract Effects of prior austenite deformation and non-metallic inclusions on the ferrite nucleation and grain refinement of two kinds of low carbon steels have been studied. The ferrites nucleation on MnS and V(C,N) is observed. The combination of thermal-mechanical processes with adequate amounts of non-metallic inclusions formed in low carbon steels could effectively refine the grain size and the microstructure. Ferrite nucleated on the single MnS or V(C,N) inclusions and complex MnS+V(C,N) inclusion. The proper addition of elements S and V could effectively promote the formation of ferrite and further refinement of ferrite grains.     

Effects of Recovery Behavior and Strain-Rate Dependence of Stress–Strain Curve on Prediction Accuracy of Thermal Stress Analysis During Casting

Recovery behavior (recovery) and strain-rate dependence of the stress–strain curve (strain-rate dependence) are incorporated into constitutive equations of alloys to predict residual stress and thermal stress during casting. Nevertheless, few studies have systematically investigated the effects of these metallurgical phenomena on the prediction accuracy of thermal stress in a casting. This study compares the thermal stress analysis results with in situ thermal stress measurement results of an Al-Si-Cu specimen during casting. The results underscore the importance for the alloy constitutive equation of incorporating strain-rate dependence to predict thermal stress that develops at high temperatures where the alloy shows strong strain-rate dependence of the stress–strain curve. However, the prediction accuracy of the thermal stress developed at low temperatures did not improve by considering the strain-rate dependence. Incorporating recovery into the constitutive equation improved the accuracy of the simulated thermal stress at low temperatures. Results of comparison implied that the constitutive equation should include strain-rate dependence to simulate defects that develop from thermal stress at high temperatures, such as hot tearing and hot cracking. Recovery should be incorporated into the alloy constitutive equation to predict the casting residual stress and deformation caused by the thermal stress developed mainly in the low temperature range.

     

Use of Profilometry-Based Indentation Plastometry to Study the Effects of Pipe Wall Flattening on Tensile Stress–Strain Curves of Steels

Herein, the flattening and subsequent tensile testing (in the hoop direction) of steel pipes used for transmission of oil and gas are concerned. A particular focus is on the use of a novel indentation plastometry test (PIP), applied to the outer free surface of an as-received pipe. This allows a stress–strain curve to be obtained from a relatively small volume (a disk of diameter about 1 mm and thickness around 100–200 μm). Whole section and reduced section tensile testing, of as-received and flattened samples are carried out. Four different pipes are studied. While there are some variations between them, there is a general trend for near-surface regions of the pipe to be a little harder than the interior, and for flattened pipes to be a little harder than unflattened ones, although these are not dramatic or well-defined effects. PIP testing also confirms that these pipes exhibit little or no anisotropy. It is in general concluded that PIP-derived stress–strain curves for testing of the outside of a pipe are likely to be quite close to those obtained by tensile testing of the whole section in the hoop direction, after flattening.     

Effect of Linear Electromagnetic Stirring on Behavior of Liquid Metal and Rate of Slag-Metal Interfacial Reactions

 Against the background of actual metallurgical equipment with linear electromagnetic stirring system，the study measures and analyzes the internal flow, the free surface shape and level fluctuation of liquid metal exposed to linear electromagnetic stirring with Doppler ultrasound velocimetry and laser liquid level apparatus respectively, and then desulphurization process with or without imposition of linear electromagnetic stirring is studied experimentally. The change of sulfur content of hot metal with respect to time is obtained, and the volume mass transfer coefficients corresponding to different stirring current is determined finally. The result shows that linear electromagnetic stirring can not only effectively promote the internal flow, but also effectively increase the level fluctuation so as to significantly improve the kinetic condition of liquid metal. The internal flow and level fluctuation of the liquid metal would increase in line with the increase of electromagnetic stirring intensity. The desulphurization experiments show that the linear electromagnetic stirring can significantly promote the desulphurization process of hot metal, and the technology has wide application prospect in promoting various slag-metal reaction.     

Effect of Deformation Sequence and Coiling Conditions on Precipitation Strengthening in High Ti–Nb-Microalloyed Steels

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A - In this work, multipass torsion tests followed by coiling simulations under different conditions have been performed with a reference Nb (0.03 pct) and...     

Role of Nb Addition on Microstructural Stability and Deformation Behaviors of FeMnAlC Lightweight Steels at 400 °C

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A - As part of efforts to fabricate FeMnAlC lightweight steels suitable for high-temperature applications, the influence of Nb addition on the...     

Effect of Aging Temperature on ErosionCorrosion Behavior of 174PH Stainless Steels in Dilute Sulphuric Acid Slurry

The effect of aging temperature on erosioncorrosion (EC) behavior of 174PH stainless steels in dilute sulphuric acid slurry containing solid particles was studied by using selfmade rotating EC apparatus. The effect of impact velocity on EC behavior of 174PH steels at different aging temperatures was analyzed. Surface micrographs of the specimens after EC test were observed by using scanning electron microscope (SEM). The results showed that under the condition of the same solution heat treatment, when aging temperature ranged from 400 ℃ to 610 ℃, the hardness reached the highest value near the temperature 460 ℃. The characteristics of EC for 174PH stainless steels at different aging temperatures were as follows: pure erosion (wear) was dominant, corrosion was subordinate and at the same time corrosion promoted erosion. The effect of aging temperature on EC rate of 174PH steels was not significant at low impact velocity, but it was found that EC resistance of 174PH steels aged near 460 ℃ was the most excellent due to the best precipitation strengthening effect of fine and dispersed εCu phase. With a prerequisite of appropriate corrosion resistance, the precipitation hardening could significantly improve the EC resistance of the materials.     

Effects of Temperature and Alloying Elements on γ Phase Fraction of Grain-oriented Silicon Steel

The effects of temperature and alloying elements on γ phase fraction of grain-oriented silicon steel,which contained 2.97-3.42mass% Si and 0.028-0.058mass% C,were studied by microstructure observation and statistics.Furthermore,the quantitative relationships of temperature as well as C,Si,and Mn contents to γ phase fraction were obtained by numerical fitting.The experimental results show that γ phase fraction firstly increases with increasing temperature,reaches a maximum and then decreases in the temperature range of 900-1 250 ℃.The temperature corresponding to the maximum γ phase fraction is about 1 150-1 200℃.Meanwhile,the γ phase fractions in steels at the same temperature have some differences because of different contents of various alloying elements.The verification results show that the values of γ phase fractions to C,Si,and Mn contents at the specific temperatures,which were obtained by multiple linear regression method,agree well with the measured values.In addition,the values of γ phase fractions to C,Si,and Mn contents in the temperature range of 900-1 250℃,which were obtained by binomial regression method,agree with the measured values when the contents of Mn and soluble Al are not more than 0.320mass% and 0.034mass%,respectively.The obtained equations can carry out the approximate prediction of γ phase fractions of grain-oriented silicon steels during the hot rolling process.