scholarly journals Microstructure, Grain Growth and Hardness of Nanostructured Ferritic ODS Steel Powder during Annealing

Author(s):  
Krzysztof Nowik ◽  
Zbigniew Oksiuta

AbstractNanocrystalline oxide-dispersion strengthened ferritic alloy formation and its annealing behavior were examined through modern X-ray diffraction pattern analysis and supplemented by microhardness and microscopic measurements. The basic microstructure features, with particular emphasis on evolution of domain size distribution and defect content during mechanical and thermal treatment, were quantified via the whole powder pattern modeling approach. The microstructure of the powdered alloy, formed during mechanical alloying, evolved toward nanocrystalline state consisting of narrow dispersion of very fine crystallites with substantial dislocation density, which exhibited relatively high stability against elevated temperature. It was shown that crystallite size is seriously sustained by the grain-boundary strain, therefore coarsening of grains begins only after the density of dislocations drops below certain level. Obtaining correct results for the annealing-related data at specific temperature range required the incorporation of the “double-phase” model, indicating possible bimodal domain size distribution. The dislocation density and grain size were found not to be remarkably affected after consolidation by hot isostatic pressing.

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (2019) ◽  
pp. 404-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weijuan Li ◽  
Haijian Xu ◽  
Xiaochun Sha ◽  
Jingsong Meng ◽  
Zhaodong Wang

AbstractIn this study, oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) ferritic steels with nominal composition of Fe–14Cr–2W–0.35Y2O3 (14Cr non Zr-ODS) and Fe–14Cr–2W–0.3Zr–0.35Y2O3 (14Cr–Zr-ODS) were fabricated by mechanical alloying (MA) and hot isostatic pressing (HIP) technique to explore the impact of Zr addition on the microstructure and mechanical properties of 14Cr-ODS steels. Microstructure characterization revealed that Zr addition led to the formation of finer oxides, which was identified as Y4Zr3O12, with denser dispersion in the matrix. The ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of the non Zr-ODS steel is about 1201 MPa, but UTS of the Zr-ODS steel increases to1372 MPa, indicating the enhancement of mechanical properties by Zr addition.


2013 ◽  
Vol 747-748 ◽  
pp. 507-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tong Liu ◽  
Hai Long Shen ◽  
Tong Wen Zhang ◽  
Mu Zhu ◽  
Cheng Gong Qin

The oxide-dispersion-strengthened (ODS) ferritic alloy powders (Fe-14Cr-3Al-2W-0.1Ti-0.35Y2O3) were prepared by mechanical alloying (MA) at a rotation speed of 720 rpm for 24 h. All the elements were mixed homogenously in the powder, and Cr and Al dissolved in α-Fe after MA. The bulk samples were produced by spark plasma sintering (SPS) at 950 and 50 MPa and by hot isostatic pressing (HIP) at 1150 and 130 MPa, respectively. The SPS sample showed a tensile strength of 730 MPa and a poor ductility due to the existence of pores in microsize. The HIP sample had a high tensile strength of 980 MPa, yield strength of 710 MPa and elongation of 10.3 %. The excellent mechanical properties of the HIP sample was due to the small grain size of the matrix of about 400 nm and the fine oxide particles of 5-40 nm.


2008 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 308-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Oksiuta ◽  
Nadine L. Baluc

Six oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) ferritic steels, with the composition of Fe-(12-14)Cr-2W-(0.1-0.3-0.5)Ti-0.3Y2O3 (wt.%), have been prepared by mechanically alloying elemental powders of Fe, Cr, W, and Ti with Y2O3 nano-particles followed by hot isostatic pressing. The influence of the chemical composition on the microstructure and mechanical properties of various materials was studied. It was found that the chromium content has a significant influence on the microstructure and mechanical properties of the compacted ingots. The 14Cr ODS steel exhibits slightly higher ultimate tensile strength and yield strength values than the 12Cr ODS steel. The total elongation and uniform elongation of both materials, in general, decrease with raising the test temperature, although in the case of the 12Cr ODS steel the elongation is about 30% higher than that of the 14Cr ODS material. In what concerns the effect of titanium content it can be concluded that variations between 0.1 and 0.3% have no visible effects on the microstructure and Charpy impact properties of compacted specimens. However, the microstructure of specimens with 0.5%Ti contains large TiO2 particles with a size in the range of 50-500nm, which have detrimental influence on the mechanical properties of that material.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 2241
Author(s):  
Yukun Zhang ◽  
Yingjie Yan ◽  
Yazhong Zhai ◽  
Wei Qin ◽  
Hongyan Che ◽  
...  

The high tensile strength and irradiation resistance of oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) ferritic steels is attributed to the ultrafine and dispersed oxides within the matrix. The high content of oxygen and yttrium is critical for the formation of dense Y-rich oxides. However, only few studies have reported the effect of oxygen content on the microstructure and mechanical properties of ODS steels. Herein, we employed gas atomization reactive synthesis to prepare pre-alloy powders and then hot isostatic pressing (HIP) to consolidate two 22Cr-5Al ODS steels with different oxygen content. Our results showed Y-rich precipitates at and near grain boundaries of the as-HIPed alloys. Moreover, with the oxygen content increasing from 0.04 to 0.16 wt%, more precipitates precipitated in the as-HIPed alloy, and the ultimate tensile strength of the alloy was improved. However, increasing the oxygen content to 0.16 wt% led to formation of stripe and chain precipitates at and near grain boundaries, which caused a partial intergranular fracture of the as-HIPed alloy.


2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haijian Xu ◽  
Zheng Lu ◽  
Chunyan Jia ◽  
Hao Gao ◽  
Chunming Liu

AbstractNanostructured oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) steels with nominal compositions (wt%): Fe-12Cr-2W-0.3Ti-0.3Y2O3 were produced by mechanical alloying and hot isostatic pressing. The microstructure was characterized by means of electron microscopy (EBSD, TEM and HRTEM) and the hardness and the tensile properties at different temperatures were measured. The results showed that the ultimate tensile strength of the fabricated 12Cr-ODS steel reached nearly 1,100 MPa at room temperature and maintained around 340 MPa at 700°C. Nano-oxide particles with size ranging from several nm to 30 nm and the number density was 3.6 × 1020/m3 were observed by TEM. Following heat treatment, including normalizing at 1,100°C for 1 h and tempering at 750°C for 2 h, the average grain size was a little decreased. The number of nano-oxide particles increased and the number density was 8.9 × 1020/m3. Specimens showed much higher ductility and there was a slight increase of ultimate tensile strength and Vickers hardness at the same time.


2011 ◽  
Vol 409 ◽  
pp. 597-602
Author(s):  
Yuichi Mizuno ◽  
Kenji Okushiro ◽  
Yoshiyuki Saito

Grain boundary migration in materials under severe plastic deformation was simulated by the phase field methods. The interface energy and dislocation density on growth kinetics were simulated on systems of 2-dimensional lattice. .In inhomogeneous systems grain size distributions in simulated grain structures were binodal distributions. The classification of the solution of differential equations based on the mean-field Hillert model describing temporal evolution of the scaled grain size distribution function was in good agreement with those given by the Computer simulations. Effect of dislocation on thermodynamic stability was taken into consideration. Dislocation density distribution was calculated by a equation based on the diffusion-reaction equation.. Scaled grain size distribution was known to be affected by the dislocation.


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