scholarly journals Increasing of the steels properties by an ecological method of isothermal and step quenching

2021 ◽  
pp. 29-35
Author(s):  
L. Malinov ◽  
V. Malinov ◽  
D. Burova
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Martensitic Transformation ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Molten Salts ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Metastable Austenite ◽  
Multiphase Structure ◽  
Step Quenching ◽  
Quenching And Tempering

The relevance. Improving the mechanical properties of steels makes it possible to increase the service life of machine parts, which is an important task in materials science. One of the promising directions in its solution is to obtain in steel a multiphase structure, one of the main components of which is metastable austenite, which undergoes a dynamic deformation martensitic transformation (DDMT) - self-hardening effect under loading (SHL). Methods providing the required structure are isothermal and step quenching. However, at present, when they are carried out for cooling from the austenitizing temperature and holding at the constant temperature used non-environmentally friendly substances: heated oil, molten salts or alkalis. In this regard the actual problem is the exclusion of them from the technological process. The possibility of solving this problem on several steels has shown. Purpose is to show the possibility of increasing the mechanical properties of the studied steels 30ХГСА, 38ХС, 45Г, 40ХН, 10Г12, 60Х18 by using rational modes of an environmentally friendly method of steels quenching (isothermal - for low-alloyed and step - for high-alloyed) due to obtaining in their structure along with other components of metastable residual austenite and the implementation of the SHL effect. Research methods. Samples of the investigated steels after austenitization (in some cases with holding in IСIT) were cooled in water to the temperature of lower bainite formation (isothermal quenching) or stabilization of supercooled austenite to martensitic transformation upon cooling (step quenching), after which they were kept in a furnace and cooled in air to room temperature. Durometric, metallographic and X-ray research methods were used. The tensile properties and impact strength were determined. These properties were compared with those obtained for the studied steels after a typical heat treatment, including quenching in oil and tempering. Results. It is shown that isothermal and step quenching of the investigated steels without the use of non-environmentally friendly substances, carried out according to rational modes, makes it possible to increase the mechanical properties in comparison with their level after the commonly used quenching in oil (fire hazard, the vapors are cancerogenic) and tempering. This is achieved by obtaining a multiphase structure with metastable austenite. Scientific novelty. It is proposed to obtain a multiphase structure with metastable austenite in them to improve the mechanical properties of the studied steels by conducting isothermal and step quenching in an environmentally friendly way without using heated oil, molten salts or alkalis. Practical value. For the studied steels the modes of isothermal and step quenching are determined in an environmentally friendly way, which make it possible to increase the mechanical properties in comparison with the level achieved by quenching and tempering. Wherein in contrast to a similar typical quenching method are excluded the costs of purchasing salts or alkalis, their disposal and washing of products from them. Compared to quenching and tempering, the new method does not require the use of oil and tempering. The latter improves ecology and reduces energy consumption during heat treatment.

scholarly journals Austenite Reversion Tempering-Annealing of 4 wt.% Manganese Steels for Automotive Forging Application

Metals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Gramlich ◽  
Robin Emmrich ◽  
Wolfgang Bleck
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Impact Toughness ◽  
Temperature Control ◽  
Annealing Process ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Metastable Austenite ◽  
Quenching And Tempering ◽  
Manganese Steels

New medium Mn steels for forged components, in combination with a new heat treatment, are presented. This new annealing process implies air-cooling after forging and austenite reversion tempering (AC + ART). This leads to energy saving compared to other heat treatments, like quenching and tempering (Q + T) or quenching and partitioning (Q + P). Furthermore, the temperature control of AC + ART is easy, which increases the applicability to forged products with large diameters. Laboratory melts distinguished by Ti, B, Mo contents have been casted and consecutively forged into semi-finished products. Mechanical properties and microstructure have been characterized for the AC and the AC + ART states. The as forged-state shows YS from 900 MPa to 1000 MPa, UTS from 1350 MPa to 1500 MPa and impact toughness from 15 J to 25 J. Through the formation of nanostructured retained metastable austenite an increase in impact toughness was achieved with values from 80 J to 100 J dependent on the chemical composition.

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Low-Si Spring Steels Produced by Quenching- Isothermal-Quenching-Tempering Process

2014 ◽  
Vol 716-717 ◽  
pp. 74-78
Author(s):  
Fei Zhao ◽  
Huan Zhang ◽  
Yi Long Liang
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Isothermal Quenching ◽  
Multiphase Structure ◽  
Microstructure And Mechanical Properties ◽  
Spring Steels ◽  
Quenching And Tempering ◽  
Tempering Process

An investigation of low Si spring steels (50CrVA) subjected to quenching-isothermal-quenching-tempering (Q-I-Q-T) process is presented. The results indicated that Q-I-Q-T process lead to the excellent mechanical properties compare to those treated by traditional heat-treatment, quenching and tempering, owing to the multiphase structure. The Q-I-Q-T treated microstructure consists of martensite, retained austensite, bainite and fine distributed carbides.

INFLUENCE THE QUENCHING AND TEMPERING ON THE MICROSTRUCTURE, MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND SURFACE ROUGHNESS, OF MEDIUM CARBON STEEL

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-135
Author(s):  
Sattar H A Alfatlawi
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Carbon Steel ◽  
Cold Water ◽  
Medium Carbon Steel ◽  
Medium Carbon ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
Treatment Processes ◽  
Quenching And Tempering

One of ways to improve properties of materials without changing the product shape toobtain the desired engineering applications is heating and cooling under effect of controlledsequence of heat treatment. The main aim of this study was to investigate the effect ofheating and cooling on the surface roughness, microstructure and some selected propertiessuch as the hardness and impact strength of Medium Carbon Steel which treated at differenttypes of heat treatment processes. Heat treatment achieved in this work was respectively,heating, quenching and tempering. The specimens were heated to 850°C and left for 45minutes inside the furnace as a holding time at that temperature, then quenching process wasperformed in four types of quenching media (still air, cold water (2°C), oil and polymersolution), respectively. Thereafter, the samples were tempered at 200°C, 400°C, and 600°Cwith one hour as a soaking time for each temperature, then were all cooled by still air. Whenthe heat treatment process was completed, the surface roughness, hardness, impact strengthand microstructure tests were performed. The results showed a change and clearimprovement of surface roughness, mechanical properties and microstructure afterquenching was achieved, as well as the change that took place due to the increasingtoughness and ductility by reducing of brittleness of samples.

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of High Strength Alloyed Steel for Aerospace Application

2018 ◽  
Vol 284 ◽  
pp. 351-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikhail V. Maisuradze ◽  
Maksim A. Ryzhkov
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Heat Treatment ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Single Stage ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Tempering Temperature ◽  
Quenching And Partitioning ◽  
Aerospace Application ◽  
Cooling Conditions ◽  
Quenching And Tempering

The high strength aerospace steel alloyed with Cr, Mn, Si, Ni, W and Mo was studied. The austenite transformations under continuous cooling conditions were investigated using the dilatometer analysis at the cooling rates 0.1...30 °C/s. The mechanical properties of the studied steel were determined after the conventional quenching and tempering heat treatment. The dependences of the mechanical properties on the tempering temperature were obtained. The novel quenching and partitioning heat treatment was applied to the steel under consideration. The microstructure and the mechanical properties were studied after three different modes of the quenching and partitioning (QP) treatment: single-stage QP, two-stage QP and single-stage QP with subsequent tempering (QPT).

Optimization for Heat Treatment Process of Supercritical Material F92Steel

2011 ◽  
Vol 142 ◽  
pp. 95-98
Author(s):  
Jian Sheng Ding ◽  
Lin Xun Liu ◽  
Jin Chun Feng
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Heat Treatment ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Treatment Process ◽  
Rupture Strength ◽  
Lath Martensite ◽  
Precipitation Strengthening ◽  
Heat Treatment Process ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Quenching And Tempering

The supercritical material F92 steel is regarded as the research object, and the influence law of heat treatment process on its tissue and properties is analyzed. The results show that when the temperature of heat treatment quenching and tempering is too low, a large number of alloying elements cannot be fully integrated into the austenite, and the optimal obdurability of F92 steel is still not fully exploited; while too high temperature of heat treatment quenching and tempering will weaken the strength, plasticity and toughness. When F92 steel is processed by heating quenching at 1050 °C and tempering at 680 °C, its tissue is the smaller tempered lath martensite. The carbide is precipitated, generating precipitation strengthening, which gives it a high rupture strength and toughness. F92 steel is with high mechanical properties when heating quenched at 1050 °C and tempered 680 °C.

Effect of Different Heat Treatments on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of the Martensitic Gx12CrMoVNbN9-1 Cast Steel / Wpływ Parametrów Obróbki Cieplnej Na Mikrostrukture I Własciwosci Mechaniczne Martenzytycznego Staliwa Gx12CrMoVNbn9-1

2013 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Golanski ◽  
J. Słania
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Impact Energy ◽  
Cast Steel ◽  
Lath Martensite ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Strength Properties ◽  
Microstructure And Mechanical Properties ◽  
Quenching And Tempering ◽  
Very High

The paper presents a research on the influence of multistage heat treatment with the assumed parameters of temperature and time on the microstructure and mechanical properties of high-chromium martensitic GX12CrMoVNbN9-1 (GP91) cast steel. In the as-cast state GP91 cast steel was characterized by a microstructure of lath martensite with numerous precipitations of carbides of the M23C6, M3C and NbC type, with its properties higher than the required minimum. Hardening of the examined cast steel contributes to obtaining a microstructure of partly auto-tempered martensite of very high strength properties and impact strength KV on the level of 9-15 J. Quenching and tempering with subsequent stress relief annealing of GP91 cast steel contributed to obtaining the microstructure of high-tempered lath martensite with numerous precipitations of the M23C6 and MX type of diverse size. The microstructure of GP91 cast steel received after heat treatment was characterized by strength properties (yield strength, tensile strength) higher than the required minimum and a very high impact energy KV. It has been proved that GP91 cast steel subject to heat treatment No. 2 as a result of two-time heating above the Ac3 temperature is characterized by the highest impact energy.

Phase Transformations in D6AC Steel during Continuous Cooling

2017 ◽  
Vol 265 ◽  
pp. 712-716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikhail V. Maisuradze ◽  
Maksim Ryzhkov ◽  
Aleksandra A. Kuklina
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Phase Transformations ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Treatment Technology ◽  
Heat Treatment Technology ◽  
Cooling Conditions ◽  
Drill Bits ◽  
Steel Drill ◽  
Quenching And Tempering

The CCT diagram of the high strength D6AC steel was plotted using the dilatometer data, microstructure investigation, and hardness measurements. The microstructure of the steel under consideration was estimated after various cooling conditions and quenching and tempering. The heat treatment technology of D6AC steel drill bits was developed to obtain the required mechanical properties.

scholarly journals Influence of heat treatment and stress state on the functional and mechanical properties of the [001]-oriented single crystals of fenicoalti alloy

2020 ◽  
pp. 132-140
Author(s):  
I.V. Kuksgauzen ◽  
◽  
Y.I. Chumlyakov ◽  
I.V. Kireeva ◽  
V.V. Poklonov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Stress State ◽  
Martensitic Transformation ◽  
Single Crystals ◽  
Maximum Increase ◽  
Β Phase ◽  
Tension And Compression ◽  
Aging Regime ◽  
The Difference

The effect of the γ'- and β-phase particles on the thermoelastic γ-α' martensitic transformation (MT) during cooling/heating and under stress was studied under tension and compression on the [001]-oriented single crystals of Fe-28%Ni-17%Co-11.5%Al-2.5%Ti (at.%) alloy. The effect of the aging regime on the Ms temperature was shown. Maximum increase in the Ms temperature by 100 K was found with the simultaneous precipitation of the γ'- and β-phase particles after two-stage aging of 4+4h at 873 K, in comparison with single-stage aging for 8h. In crystals with γ' and γ'+β-phases particles the difference (asymmetry) of the stresses for the stress-induced γ-α' MT σcr and value α = d σcr/ dT under tension and compression were not observed. The absence of asymmetry of the σ cr and value α = d σcr/ dT are due to close values of the shape memory effect (SME) and superelasticity (SE) under tension and compression. The values of SME and SE were decreased when β-phase particles are precipitated.

The effect of microalloying on mechanical properties of low-carbon chromium-nickel-molybdenum steel

2019 ◽  
pp. 7-14
Author(s):  
S. A. Golosienko ◽  
N. A. Minyakin ◽  
V. V. Ryabov ◽  
T. G. Semicheva ◽  
E. I. Khlusova
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Yield Strength ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
High Toughness ◽  
Thermal Improvement ◽  
Molybdenum Steel ◽  
Quenching And Tempering ◽  
Rolling Heat

The work covers the effect of niobium, as well as niobium and vanadium together, on mechanical properties of high-strength chromium-nickel-molybdenum steel after thermal improvement (heat treatment). The mechanical properties of steels are determined after applying various tempering temperatures (from 580 to 660°C), durations of tempering (from 1 to 16 hours), and also after quenching from rolling heat and furnace heat with subsequent tempering. It is shown that after quenching and tempering in the temperature range 580– 660°C, simultaneous microalloying by niobium and vanadium, compared to microalloying by niobium alone, increases the yield strength but in significantly decreases toughness and ductility. Quenching from rolling heat increases strength while maintaining high toughness and the increase in strength is most noticeable for steel microalloyed only by niobium.

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