scholarly journals Influence of Heat Treatment on Formation Behavior of Boron Nitride Inclusions in P122 Heat Resistant Steel

2006 ◽  
Vol 46 (11) ◽  
pp. 1712-1719 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuyuki Sakuraya ◽  
Hirokazu Okada ◽  
Fujio Abe
2018 ◽  
Vol 941 ◽  
pp. 400-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Vivas ◽  
Rosalia Rementeria ◽  
Marta Serrano ◽  
Eberhard Altstadt ◽  
David San Martín ◽  
...  

The major challenge in a heat-resistant steel is to generate thermally stable microstructures that allow increasing the operating temperature, which will improve the thermal efficiency of the power plant without diminishing strength or time to rupture. The strengthening mechanism in tempered martensitic 9Cr steels comes mainly from the combination of solid solution effect and of precipitation hardening by fine MX carbo-nitrides, which enhance the sub-boundary hardening. This work is focused on the effect of ausforming processing on MX nanoprecipitation, on both their distribution and number density, during the subsequent tempering heat treatment. The creep strength at 700 oC was evaluated by small punch creep tests. The creep results after ausforming were compared to those obtained after conventional heat treatment concluding, in general, that ausforming boosts the creep strength of the steel at 700 oC. Therefore, conventional ausforming thermomechanical treatment is a promising processing route to raise the operating temperature of 9Cr heat-resistant steels.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 1104
Author(s):  
Sheng-Min Yang ◽  
Jing-Lin Wu ◽  
Yeong-Tsuen Pan ◽  
Dong-Yih Lin

In this study, 22Cr25NiWCuCo(Nb) heat-resistant steel specimens with high Cr and Ni contents were adopted to investigate the effect of Nb content on thermal and precipitation behavior. Differential scanning calorimetry profiles revealed that the melting point of the 22Cr25NiWCuCo(Nb) steel specimens decreased slightly with the Nb content. After heat treatment at 1200 °C for 2 h, the precipitates dissolved in a Nb-free steel matrix. In addition, the Z phase (CrNb(C, N)) and MX (Nb(C, N), (Cr, Fe)(C, N), and NbC) could be observed in the Nb-containing steel specimens. The amount and volume fraction of the precipitates increased with the Nb content, and the precipitates were distributed heterogeneously along the grain boundary and inside the grain. Even when the heat treatment duration was extended to 6 h, the austenitic grain size and precipitates became coarser; the volume fraction of the precipitates also increased at 1200 °C. The Z phase, rather than the MX phase, became the dominant precipitates at this temperature.


Metals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1321
Author(s):  
Jiankun Xiong ◽  
Ting Li ◽  
Xinjian Yuan ◽  
Guijun Mao ◽  
Jianping Yang ◽  
...  

The effect of the post-weld heat treatment on the microstructures and mechanical properties of the dissimilar joint of G115, a novel developed martensite heat resistant steel, and CB2 steel, currently used in an ultra-super-critical power unit, was investigated. The results indicate that the quenched martensite underwent decomposition and transformation, and the amount of dislocations were sharply decreased in the weld metal after post-weld heat treatment (PWHT). Many nano-scale M23C6 precipitates present in the weldment were distributed on the grain and grain boundary in a dispersed manner with PWHT. The average microhardness of the weldment decreased from about 400 HV to 265–290 HV after PWHT and only a slight decrease in the microhardness of CB2 steel was detected after PWHT at 760 °C. In contrast to the case of the as-received joint, the tensile strength of the joint was improved from 630 MPa to 694 MPa and the fracture location moved from the weld metal to the base metal after PWHT. The fracture surface consisted of a cleavage fracture mode without PWHT, whereas many dimples were observed on the fracture surface with PWHT.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Chun Guo ◽  
Suhang Liu ◽  
Ruizhang Hu ◽  
Chunhui Liu ◽  
Feng Chen

Wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) technology was used to produce samples of a 2.25Cr1Mo0.25V heat-resistant steel. The phase composition, microstructure, and crystal structure of the investigated material in the as-cladded state and postcladding heat-treated (705°C × 1 h) state were analysed by optical emission spectrometry (OES), optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The properties of the investigated material in the as-cladded state and postcladding heat-treated (705°C × 1 h) state were determined by a microhardness tester, mechanical properties tester, and Charpy impact tester. Through a study of the microstructure and properties, it is found that the investigated material produced by WAAM exhibits good forming quality and excellent metallurgical bonding properties, and no obvious defects are found. The microstructure consists mainly of Bg (granular bainite) and troostite precipitated at the grain boundaries. The results from high-resolution transmission electron microscopy observations show that the crystal structures of the 2.25Cr1Mo0.25V heat-resistant steel samples produced by WAAM in the as-cladded condition have many defects, such as dislocations and martensite-austenite (M-A) constituents, and their grain edges are sharp. There is a dramatic decrease in the dislocations in the 2.25Cr1Mo0.25V heat-resistant steel samples produced by the WAAM condition after the postcladding heat treatment (705°C × 1 h), and the grains become smooth. The distribution of the microhardness in the longitudinal and transverse cross sections of the samples is very uniform. The average longitudinal and transverse microhardness of the samples in the as-cladded state is 310 HV0.5 and 324 HV0.5, respectively. The average longitudinal and transverse microhardness of the samples after post-cladding heat treatment is 227 HV0.5 and 229 HV0.5, respectively. The yield strength of the samples without a postcladding heat treatment is 743 MPa, the tensile strength is 951 MPa, the elongation is 10%, and the Charpy impact value at -20°C is 15 J. After the postcladding heat treatment, the yield strength, tensile strength, elongation, and Charpy impact value of the samples are 611 MPa, 704 MPa, 14.5%, and 70 J, respectively.


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