Isothermal and Continuous Cooling Transformation Diagrams

2015 ◽  
pp. 197-211
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transformations ◽  
Heat Treating ◽  
Continuous Cooling Transformation ◽  
Continuous Cooling ◽  
Diffusion Controlled ◽  
Continuous Cooling Transformation Diagrams ◽  
Transformation Diagrams ◽  
Bar Diameter

Isothermal and continuous cooling transformation (CT) diagrams help users map out diffusion-controlled phase transformations of austenite to various mixtures of ferrite and cementite. This chapter discusses the application as well as limitations of these engineering tools in the context of heat treating eutectoid, hypoeutectoid, and proeutectoid steels. It also provides references to large collections of transformation diagrams and includes several diagrams that plot quenching and hardening transformations as a function of bar diameter.

Phase transformations in Ti3Al and Ti3Al + Mo aluminides

1991 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 969-986 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Djanarthany ◽  
C. Servant ◽  
R. Penelle
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transformations ◽  
Cooling Rate ◽  
Titanium Aluminides ◽  
Cooling Rates ◽  
Continuous Cooling Transformation ◽  
Continuous Cooling ◽  
Continuous Cooling Transformation Diagrams ◽  
Transformation Diagrams ◽  
Phase Relationships

We have analyzed the phase relationships in two titanium aluminides containing 3.4 at. % Mo with different aluminum compositions. The alloys were first homogenized in the β field, then cooled continuously at different cooling rates from 80 °C/s to 0.1 °C/s. The continuous cooling transformation diagrams (CCT) show that phase transformations and resulting microstructures are highly dependent on cooling rate. The microstructure consists of ordered α2 (DO19), ordered β0 (B2), and athermal ω (hexagonal) phases. The “tweed microstructure” is observed. The evolution of microhardness was determined as well as the relative partitioning of Al and Mo in (α2', α2) and β0 phases as a function of cooling rate.

scholarly journals Phase transformations occurring during the formation of a welded joint from rail steel

2021 ◽  
Vol 330 ◽  
pp. 02007
Author(s):  
Alexey Yuryev ◽  
Nikolay Kozyrev ◽  
Roman Shevchenko ◽  
Alexey Mikhno ◽  
Olga Gutak
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transformations ◽  
Welded Joint ◽  
Rail Steel ◽  
Supercooled Austenite ◽  
Austenite Decomposition ◽  
Hardness Testing ◽  
Continuous Cooling Transformation ◽  
Continuous Cooling ◽  
Continuous Cooling Transformation Diagrams ◽  
Transformation Diagrams

The results of dilatometry, metallography and hardness testing of the decomposition process of supercooled austenite of R350LHT steel are presented. During continuous cooling and in isothermal conditions, continuous cooling transformation diagrams of supercooled austenite decomposition of steel R350LHT are constructed.

scholarly journals Continuous Cooling Transformation of Under-Cooled Austenite of SXQ500/550DZ35 Hydropower Steel

Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1562
Author(s):  
Zhenglei Tang ◽  
Ran Guo ◽  
Yang Zhang ◽  
Zhen Liu ◽  
Yuezhang Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cooling Rate ◽  
Hardness Measurement ◽  
Cooling Rates ◽  
Continuous Cooling Transformation ◽  
Continuous Cooling ◽  
Continuous Cooling Transformation Diagrams ◽  
Transformation Diagrams ◽  
Hot Rolled ◽  
Vickers Hardness Measurement ◽  
Undercooled Austenite

The expansion curves of the continuous cooling transformation of undercooled austenite of SXQ500/550DZ35 hydropower steel at different heating temperatures and cooling rates were measured by use of a DIL805A dilatometer. Combined with metallography and Vickers hardness measurement, the continuous cooling transformation diagrams (CCT) of the studied steel under two different states were determined. The results show that in the first group of tests, after the hot-rolled specimens were austenitized at 920 °C, when the cooling rate was below 1 °C·s−1, the microstructure was composed of ferrite (F), pearlite (P) and bainite (B). With the cooling rates between 1 °C·s−1 and 5 °C·s−1, the microstructure was mainly bainite, and martensite (M) formed as the cooling rate reached 5 °C·s−1. When the cooling rate was up to 10 °C·s−1, the microstructure was completely martensite and the hardness value increased significantly. In the second group of tests, after the hot-rolled specimens were quenched at 920 °C and then heated at an intercritical temperature of 830 °C, in comparison with the first group of tests, and except for additional undissolved ferrites in each cooling rate range, the other microstructure types were basically the same. Due to the existence of undissolved ferrite, the microstructures of the specimens heated at intercritical temperatures were much finer, and the toughness values at low temperatures were better.

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