scholarly journals Age Hardening Characteristics of an Ultra-Low Carbon Cu Bearing Steel

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 4104
Author(s):  
Mingxue Sun ◽  
Yang Xu
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Aging Temperature ◽  
Synergistic Effects ◽  
Charpy Impact ◽  
Bearing Steel ◽  
Age Hardening ◽  
Strengthening Effect ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Reverted Austenite ◽  
Fresh Martensite

We studied the influence of aging temperature on microstructure and mechanical properties in an ultra-low carbon Cu bearing steel in the present study. During the aging process, a continuous recovery of matrix associated with formation and growth of Cu precipitates could be observed during aging processes, exerting significant effects on the mechanical properties of the steel. At aging temperature below 600 °C, the mechanical properties were dominated by the precipitation strengthening effect, leading to excessive matrix strengthening and poor low-temperature toughness. Conversely, steel aged at temperatures above 650 °C exhibited an extraordinary improvement in toughness at the expense of strength, which can be attributed to the synergistic effects of softening matrix, coarsened Cu precipitates and formation of reverted austenite. After aging at 650 °C, reverted austenite formed at the lath boundaries. Increasing the aging temperature to 700 °C lowered the thermal stability of reverted austenite, consequently, the reverted austenite was partially transformed to fresh martensite. After aging at 650 °C for 0.5 h, the mechanical properties were optimized as follows—yield strength = 854 MPa, tensile strength = 990 MPa, elongation = 19.8% and Charpy impact energy = 132 J at −80 °C.

Effect of the Time between Last Deformation Pass and Accelerated Cooling on the Mechanical Properties in Nb and Nb-Mo Microalloyed Steels

2016 ◽  
Vol 716 ◽  
pp. 281-290
Author(s):  
Gorka Larzabal ◽  
Nerea Isasti ◽  
J.M. Rodriguez-Ibabe ◽  
Isabel Gutiérrez ◽  
P. Uranga
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Charpy Impact ◽  
Holding Time ◽  
Microalloyed Steels ◽  
Accelerated Cooling ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Electron Backscattered Diffraction ◽  
Microstructural Refinement ◽  
Deformation Pass

The microstructural refinement induced when the holding time between last deformation pass and accelerated cooling is reduced, affects the mechanical properties in low carbon Nb and Nb-Mo microalloyed steels. Plane strain compression tests were performed and mechanical property samples machined in order to quantify this effect using tensile and Charpy impact tests. A complete microstructural characterization was carried out using electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) measuring unit size distributions and homogeneity of complex microstructures. The synergetic combination of Nb and Mo elements modifies the final microstructures and, therefore, affects the contribution of different strengthening mechanisms, such as substructure, precipitation hardening and dislocation density. Even though strength is not clearly affected by the reduction of the holding time after the last deformation pass, Charpy properties are considerably improved in the case of the Nb steel. The presence of MA islands in the Nb-Mo steel limits the beneficial effect of the microstructural refinement and toughness remains unmodified.

scholarly journals Influence of normalizing post carburizing treatment on microstructure, mechanical properties and fracture behavior of low alloy gear steels

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 836-851
Author(s):  
Hiremath Pavan ◽  
◽  
M. C. Gowrishankar ◽  
Shettar Manjunath ◽  
Sharma Sathyashankara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Impact Resistance ◽  
Charpy Impact ◽  
Carbon Steels ◽  
Mode Analysis ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
The Core ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Fine Pearlite

<abstract> <p>Steel is a versatile metal, got a wide range of applications in all the fields of engineering and technology. Generally, low carbon steels are tough and high alloy carbon steels are hard in nature. Certain applications demand both properties in the same steel. Carburization is one such technique that develops hard and wear resistant surfaces with a soft core. The objective of this work is to study the influence of post carburizing treatment (normalizing) on three grades of steels (EN 3, 20MnCr5, and EN 353). Post carburizing treatments are necessary to overcome the adverse effects of carburization alone. Here carburization was carried out in the propane atmosphere by heating the gas carburizing furnace to 930 ℃ for more than a day. Normalizing was carried out at 870 ℃ for 1 h and cooled in air. Tensile, hardness, Charpy impact tests along with SEM (scanning electron microscopy) and EDAX (energy dispersive X-ray analysis) were conducted to analyze the phase transformation, failure mode analysis in all the samples. Carburized steels displayed the formation of ferrite, pearlite, and sometimes bainite phases in the core and complete coarse pearlite in the case regions, whereas in the post carburized steels, increased amount of ferrite, fine pearlite, and bainite in the core and fine pearlite with traces of bainite in the case region was observed. Normalizing also refines the grain with increased UTS (ultimate tensile strength), hardness, and impact resistance. EN 353 showed higher UTS among the steels with 898 MPa after carburization and 1370 MPa after normalizing treatment. Maximum hardness of 48 HRC was observed in 20MnCr5 and toughness was superior in EN 3 with energy absorbed during test i.e., 8 and 12 J before and after normalizing treatment. Based on the fracture surface analysis, in EN 353 steel, a finer array of dimples with voids and elongated bigger clustered dimples containing ultrafine dimples array are observed in the core and case respectively during carburizing whereas, more density of river pattern and cleavage failure (brittle) are observed in the core and case respectively after post carburizing (normalizing) treatment. There is a reduction in the ductility of the steels after post carburizing treatment. It was observed that normalizing treatment produces superior mechanical properties in the carburized steels by grain refinement and strong microstructures like bainite. Normalizing as post carburizing treatment can be recommended for engineering applications where ductile core and hard surface are of great importance.</p> </abstract>

The assessment of the level of local strengthening of pipe steel welded connections

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 252-262
Author(s):  
Marat Z. Yamilev ◽  
◽  
Egor А. Tigulev ◽  
Andrey А. Raspopov ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Numerical Model ◽  
Bearing Capacity ◽  
Pipe Steel ◽  
Carbon Steels ◽  
Strengthening Effect ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Load Bearing Capacity ◽  
Load Bearing ◽  
Welded Connection

The metal welding is accompanied by the formation of mechanically non-homogenous sections of welded connection. The pipeline welded connections also have sections, which are different in structure, chemical composition and mechanical properties. The mechanical inhomogeneity affects the load bearing capacity of welded connection and the structure as a whole, which is necessary to take into consideration when performing calculation analysis. So far, the specialists have established the dependencies in assessment of welded connection strength with various types of heterogeneous sections. However, this phenomenon has received little attention in case of pipeline welded connections made of low carbon steels. The existing theoretical models do not reflect actual anisotropy of mechanical properties of the welded connections and weld adjacent zone. The present study considers the model of welded connections of K56 pipe steels with various strength characteristics of sections of welded seam and weld adjacent zone, without defects. The assessment of mechanical inhomogeneity influence on load bearing capacity of welded connections was performed by applying the finite-element modelling of its stress-strain state. The developed numerical model helps to determine and optimize the criteria of testing of full scale samples of pipe steel welded connections with regards to the implementation of local strengthening effect. The research results demonstrated that the degree of contact strengthening in welded connections with X-shape grooving is higher than in welded connections with V-shaped grooving by 8 % at similar relative thickness of soft interlayer. The suggested numerical model can be applied for detailed calculations of pipelines with regards to the mechanical inhomogeneity of its welded connections.

Effect of Aging Temperature on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of 1000MPa Grade Low Carbon Bainitic Steel

2012 ◽  
Vol 152-154 ◽  
pp. 376-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Long Fei Zuo ◽  
Zhan Lei Wei ◽  
Ri Ni ◽  
Ben Ma ◽  
Zi Dong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Yield Strength ◽  
Aging Temperature ◽  
Granular Bainite ◽  
Bainitic Steel ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Microstructure And Mechanical Properties ◽  
Effect On Yield ◽  
Hot Rolled

A kind of 1000MPa low carbon bainitic steel belonged to the Fe-Cu-Nb series was hot rolled and aged, the influence of aging temperatures on the microstructure and mechanical properties of the steel were investigated by using Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy(TEM). The results show that the microstructure of the low carbon bainitic steel consisted of lath-shaped bainite(LB), granular bainite(GB) and quasi-polygonal ferrite(QF), and the proportion of each kind of microstructure changed with the aging temperatures. The strength of steel with the increase of aging temperature first increased, then decreased, Aging temperatures had distinct effect on yield strength of the tested steel, and less effect on the ultimate tensile strength, we can get the best comprehensive properties yield strength 1011.87 MPa and elongation rate 16.38% of good tough match aged at 450°C. Through analysis it is concluded that the strength of the tested steels aged at 450°C reaches the maximum value, which is attributed to the precipitation of a large amount of fine ε-Cu particles(5~10nm) and a small number of(Nb,Ti)(C,N) precipitates.

scholarly journals Influence of Molybdenum Addition on Mechanical Properties of Low Carbon HSLA-100 Steel

2014 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 859-864 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Bogucki ◽  
S.M. Pytel
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Impact Resistance ◽  
Bearing Steel ◽  
Mechanical Processing ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Tempering Temperature ◽  
Microstructure Observation ◽  
Copper Addition ◽  
Different Temperatures ◽  
Molybdenum Addition

Abstract The results of mechanical properties and microstructure observation of low carbon copper bearing steel with high addition of molybdenum are presented in this paper. This steels were characterized by contents of molybdenum in the range from 1% to 3% wt. After the thermo -mechanical processing the steels were subsequently quenched and tempered at different temperatures (500-800 °C) for 1h. The changes of mechanical properties as function of tempering temperature were typical for the steel with the copper addition. The sudden drop of impact resistance after tempering from 575 °C to 600 °C was caused probably by precipitates of Laves phase of type Fe2Mo.

The Embrittlement of Low-Carbon Steel

1934 ◽  
Vol 127 (1) ◽  
pp. 299-332
Author(s):  
F. C. Lea ◽  
R. N. Arnold
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Carbon Steel ◽  
Low Carbon Steel ◽  
Atmospheric Temperature ◽  
Age Hardening ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Direct Explanation ◽  
Tempering Treatment ◽  
Final Tempering

The paper deals with those changes in the mechanical properties of steel having a low carbon content, which occur as a result of quenching from temperatures up to 900 deg. C. Attention is directed mainly to brittleness, especially to that resulting from ageing at atmospheric temperature, which the authors term “age embrittlement.” The range of temperature in which this occurs appears to include those temperatures used in the carburizing treatment of steel as well as lower temperatures. It is suggested that case-hardened steels should be subjected to a final tempering treatment after quenching to avoid the possibility of core brittleness. Theories are briefly discussed, but at present no direct explanation of the phenomenon is forthcoming, as X-ray and microscopic examination reveal no abnormalities in the age-embrittled steel. Ageing at 100 deg. C., after quenching, shows distinct age hardening, but this is found to be dissociated from age embrittlement.

Thermo-Mechanically Controlled Processed Ultrahigh Strength Steels

2014 ◽  
Vol 783-786 ◽  
pp. 685-691
Author(s):  
Subrata Chatterjee ◽  
S.K. Ghosh ◽  
P.S. Bandyopadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Yield Strength ◽  
High Strength Steel ◽  
Bainitic Ferrite ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Bearing Steel ◽  
Pressure Vessels ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Ultra High Strength Steel

A low-carbon, titanium and niobium (Ti-Nb) bearing and a low-carbon titanium, niobium and copper (Ti-Nb-Cu) bearing ultra high strength steel have been thermo-mechanically processed on a laboratory scale unit. Evolution of microstructure and mechanical properties of the above air cooled steels have been studied at different finish rolling temperatures (FRTs). Microstructural characterization reveals largely a mixture of granular bainite and bainitic ferrite along with the precipitation of microalloying carbide/carbonitride particles and/or Cu-rich precipitates. (Ti-Nb) bearing steel yields higher yield strength (1114-1143 MPa) along with higher tensile strength (1591-1688 MPa) and moderate ductility (12-13%) as compared to (Ti-Nb-Cu) bearing steel having yield strength (934-996 MPa) combined with tensile strength (1434-1464 MPa) and similar ductility (13%) for the selected range of 850-750°C FRT. Due to higher strength-ductility combinations, these present investigated steels can be regarded as the replacement material for ballistic applications as well as other sectors like defense, pipeline, cars, pressure vessels, ships, offshore platforms, aircraft undercarriages and rocket motor casings etc. Key words: Thermo-mechanical controlled processing, ultra high strength steel, microstructure, mechanical properties.

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