Microstructure Evolution in Belt-Casted Strip of Grain Oriented Electrical Steel

2019 ◽  
Vol 810 ◽  
pp. 82-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vlastimil Vodárek ◽  
Carl Peter Reip ◽  
Anastasia Volodarskaja
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Microstructure Evolution ◽  
Phase Field ◽  
Liquid Steel ◽  
Electrical Steel ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Austenite Decomposition ◽  
Plate Martensite ◽  
Displacive Transformation

This paper deals with the formation and decomposition of Widmanstätten austenite during solidification of the thin belt-casted strip made of a grain oriented electrical steel (GOES). Solidification of liquid steel starts with the formation of d-ferrite. Cooling in the delta + gama phase field results in the formation of a small fraction of Widmanstätten austenite by displacive transformation accompanied by carbon partition. Widmanstätten austenite laths have an orientation relationship with the ferrite grain into which they grow. Furthermore, they form a flat low energy interface along the ferrite grain boundary. In order to minimize the interfacial energy, ferrite grain boundaries in the vicinity of flat austenite/ferrite interface facets are forced to migrate which results in straightening of these grain boundaries. If parallel Widmanstätten austenite laths form in two adjacent ferrite grains, zig–zag ferrite grain boundaries arise. Precipitation of sulphides along ferrite/austenite interfaces make it possible to study the early stages of austenite decomposition under the delta + gama phase field. It starts with the formation of epitaxial ferrite accompanied by further partitioning of carbon into remaining austenite. The growth of epitaxial ferrite into the flat ferrite/austenite interface facets along ferrite grain boundaries results in a wavy shape of these ferrite grain boundaries. Finally austenite transforms either to pearlite or to plate martensite.

Phase Field Modelling of Microstructure Evolution in the HAZ of X80 Linepipe Steel

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morteza Toloui ◽  
Matthias Militzer
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Grain Growth ◽  
Microstructure Evolution ◽  
Phase Field ◽  
Phase Field Model ◽  
Carbon Diffusion ◽  
Austenite Decomposition ◽  
Austenite Grain ◽  
Austenite Grain Growth ◽  
Linepipe Steel

The heat affected zone (HAZ) during welding experiences a very steep temperature gradient which results in significant microstructure gradients. Thus, model approaches on the length scale of the microstructure, i.e. the so-called mesoscale, are useful to accurately simulate microstructure evolution in the HAZ. In this study, a phase field model (PFM) is employed to simulate austenite grain growth and austenite decomposition in the HAZ of an X80 linepipe steel microalloyed with Nb and Ti. The interfacial mobilities and nucleation conditions are obtained by benchmarking the PFM with experimental data from austenite grain growth and continuous cooling transformation tests. An effective grain boundary mobility is introduced for austenite grain growth to implicitly account for dissolution of NbC. Subsequently, austenite decomposition into polygonal ferrite and bainite is considered. For this purpose the PFM is coupled with a carbon diffusion model. Ferrite nuclei are introduced at austenite grain boundaries and suitable interfacial mobilities are selected to reproduce experimental ferrite formation kinetics. Bainite nucleation occurs for a sufficiently high undercooling at available interface sites (i.e. austenite grain boundaries and/or austenite-ferrite interfaces). For simplicity, the formation of carbide-free bainite is considered and a suitable anisotropy approach is proposed for the austenite-bainite interface mobility. The model is then used to predict austenite grain growth and phase transformation in the HAZ.

scholarly journals Optimization of the CCT Curves for Steels Containing Al, Cu and B

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jyrki Miettinen ◽  
Sami Koskenniska ◽  
Mahesh Somani ◽  
Seppo Louhenkilpi ◽  
Aarne Pohjonen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transformation ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Austenite Decomposition ◽  
Final Phase ◽  
Cast Irons ◽  
Continuous Cooling Transformation ◽  
Continuous Cooling ◽  
Final Optimization ◽  
Cct Diagrams

AbstractNew continuous cooling transformation (CCT) equations have been optimized to calculate the start temperatures and critical cooling rates of phase formations during austenite decomposition in low-alloyed steels. Experimental CCT data from the literature were used for applying the recently developed method of calculating the grain boundary soluble compositions of the steels for optimization. These compositions, which are influenced by solute microsegregation and precipitation depending on the heating/cooling/holding process, are expected to control the start of the austenite decomposition, if initiated at the grain boundaries. The current optimization was carried out rigorously for an extended set of steels than used previously, besides including three new solute elements, Al, Cu and B, in the CCT-equations. The validity of the equations was, therefore, boosted not only due to the inclusion of new elements, but also due to the addition of more low-alloyed steels in the optimization. The final optimization was made with a mini-tab tool, which discarded statistically insignificant parameters from the equations and made them prudently safer to use. Using a thermodynamic-kinetic software, IDS, the new equations were further validated using new experimental CCT data measured in this study. The agreement is good both for the phase transformation start temperatures as well as the final phase fractions. In addition, IDS simulations were carried out to construct the CCT diagrams and the final phase fraction diagrams for 17 steels and two cast irons, in order to outline the influence of solute elements on the calculations and their relationship with literature recommendations.

Influence of Grain Boundary Mobility on Microstructure Evolution during Recrystallisation

2012 ◽  
Vol 715-716 ◽  
pp. 191-196
Author(s):  
Myrjam Winning ◽  
Dierk Raabe
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Cellular Automaton ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Single Crystals ◽  
Microstructure Evolution ◽  
Texture Evolution ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Boundary Mobility ◽  
Metallic Materials ◽  
Grain Boundary Mobility

The paper introduces first investigations on how low angle grain boundaries can influence the recrystallisation behaviour of crystalline metallic materials. For this purpose a three-dimensional cellular automaton model was used. The approach in this study is to allow even low angle grain boundaries to move during recrystallisation. The effect of this non-zero mobility of low angle grain boundaries will be analysed for the recrystallisation of deformed Al single crystals with Cube orientation. It will be shown that low angle grain boundaries indeed influence the kinetics as well as the texture evolution of metallic materials during recrystallisation.

Precipitation of Copper and Cobalt at Grain Boundaries in Silicon

1989 ◽  
Vol 163 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Jendrich ◽  
H. J. Möller
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Mössbauer Spectroscopy ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Cooling Rate ◽  
Polycrystalline Silicon ◽  
Mossbauer Spectroscopy ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Surface Source ◽  
Mößbauer Spectroscopy

AbstractThe precipitation of copper and (radioactive) cobalt at low energy grain boundaries in polycrystalline silicon and bicrystals is investigated. The metals are diffused in from a surface source between 800 - 1000 °C and the precipitation after cooling down is studied by TEM (for Cu) and Mößbauer spectroscopy (for Co). The precipitates are metal suicides. For copper it is shown that they appear in form of colonies containing hundreds of precipitates with a particle size between 5-60 nm. In the grain boundary they nucleate preferentially at dislocations and steps. The distribution and size of the precipitates depend on the cooling rate after the diffusion. In the vicinity of the grain boundary the volume is depleted from the impurities.

scholarly journals Optimization of CCT Equations Using Calculated Grain Boundary Soluble Compositions for the Simulation of Austenite Decomposition of Steels

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
pp. 2853-2866 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jyrki Miettinen ◽  
Sami Koskenniska ◽  
Mahesh Somani ◽  
Seppo Louhenkilpi ◽  
Aarne Pohjonen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transformation ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Carbon Steels ◽  
Decomposition Process ◽  
Austenite Decomposition ◽  
Transformation Kinetics ◽  
Final Phase ◽  
High Carbon ◽  
Precipitate Formation

Abstract New CCT equations have been developed and optimized to simulate the start temperatures of the austenite decomposition process in low-alloyed steels using experimental CCT data published in the literature. Exceptionally, this optimization does not apply the nominal compositions of the steels, but the corresponding soluble compositions of the grain boundaries calculated using IDS software, depending on the reported austenitization treatments of the steels. These compositions, rather than the nominal ones, are expected to control the start of the austenite decomposition, which usually initiates at the grain boundaries. The new optimization treatment takes into account the solute microsegregation and the possible precipitate formation. Using IDS software, the new equations were validated with new experimental CCT data. Agreement was good not only for the austenite decomposition start temperatures, but also for the final phase fractions, indicating fairly reasonable predictions of phase transformation kinetics by the IDS. In addition, IDS simulations were compared with the experimental CCT data of five high-carbon steels, applying both the new equations based on grain boundary soluble compositions as well as the equations based on the nominal compositions. With the same experimental CCT data used in optimization, better agreement was obtained with the new equations, indicating the importance of determining the soluble compositions at the grain boundaries where the austenite decomposition process is likely to begin.

A Tem Investigation of Secondary Dislocations in Grain Boundaries in Germanium

1989 ◽  
Vol 163 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Griss ◽  
M. Seibt ◽  
H.J. Möller
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Dislocation Structure ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Dislocation Network ◽  
Tilt Axis ◽  
Secondary Dislocation ◽  
Tilt Grain Boundary

AbstractGermanium bicrystals containing dissociated low energy grain boundaries with a common [011] tilt axis were studied. The dislocation structure of a grain boundary with a misorientation of about 28° has been investigated in detail and could be interpreted as a near-coincidence Σ 27 - tilt grain boundary. Both conventional and high-resolution techniques were applied to analyze the Burgers vectors of the secondary dislocation network. In all cases non - primitive Burgers vectors were observed. The comparison with previous results indicates that the Burgers vectors of the dislocation network may depend on the degree of misorientation of the bicrystal.

scholarly journals Grain boundary formation through particle detachment during coarsening of nanoporous metals

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (30) ◽  
pp. e2104132118
Author(s):  
Kate L. M. Elder ◽  
W. Beck Andrews ◽  
Markus Ziehmer ◽  
Nadiia Mameka ◽  
Christoph Kirchlechner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Phase Field ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Electron Backscatter Diffraction ◽  
Nanocrystalline Structure ◽  
Boundary Formation ◽  
Particle Detachment ◽  
Nanoporous Metals ◽  
Grain Orientation Spread

Grain boundary formation during coarsening of nanoporous gold (NPG) is investigated wherein a nanocrystalline structure can form by particles detaching and reattaching to the structure. MicroLaue and electron backscatter diffraction measurements demonstrate that an in-grain orientation spread develops as NPG is coarsened. The volume fraction of the NPG sample is near the limit of bicontinuity, at which simulations predict that a bicontinuous structure begins to fragment into independent particles during coarsening. Phase-field simulations of coarsening using a computationally generated structure with a volume fraction near the limit of bicontinuity are used to model particle detachment rates. This model is tested by using the measured NPG structure as an initial condition in the phase-field simulations. We predict that up to ∼5% of the NPG structure detaches as a dealloyed Ag75Au25 sample is annealed at 300 °C for 420 min. The quantity of volume detached is found to be highly dependent on the volume fraction and volume fraction homogeneity of the nanostructure. As the void phase in the experiments cannot support independent particles, they must fall and reattach to the structure, a process that results in the formation of new grain boundaries. This particle reattachment process, along with other classic processes, leads to the formation of grain boundaries during coarsening in nanoporous metals. The formation of grain boundaries can impact a variety of applications, including mechanical strengthening; thus, the consideration and understanding of particle detachment phenomena are essential when studying nanoporous metals.

Intrinsic Structure in Grain Boundaries and Boundary Mobility

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 380-391
Author(s):  
L.M. Clarebrough ◽  
C.T. Forwood
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Boundary Structure ◽  
Boundary Mobility ◽  
High Angle ◽  
Intrinsic Structure ◽  
Cornell University ◽  
Grain Boundary Structure ◽  
Energy Configurations

An outstanding experimental contribution to the knowledge of grain boundary structure in the 1970's is the work of Balluffi and his colleagues at Cornell University on artificially fabricated boundary interfaces in thin films of gold (e.g., Balluffi, Komem and Schober, 1972; Balluffi, Goodhew, Tan and Wagner, 1975). In particular, for high-angle boundaries they have shown that secondary grain boundary dislocations (g.b.d's.) do exist and accommodate a deviation from a low-energy misorientation corresponding to an exact C.S.L. relationship. Further, following the results of Spyridelis, Delavignette and Amelinckx (1967) they have shown that a network of g.b.d's. can act as a diffraction grating, causing extra reflections whose spacing is reciprocally related to the separation of the g.b.d's. (Balluffi, Sass and Schober, 1972). The description of high-angle grain boundaries in terms of secondary g.b.d's. accommodating a departure from an exact C.S.L. orientation is based solely on geometrical considerations, but it has been pointed out that other low-energy configurations may be preferred when account is taken of the nature of interatomic forces (Gleiter and Pumphrey, 1976; Hermann, Gleiter and Baro, 1976; Smith, Vitek and Pond, 1977).

Understanding Grain Boundary Junctions: Effect of the Grain Size on Microstructure Evolution

2012 ◽  
Vol 715-716 ◽  
pp. 186-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis A. Barrales Mora ◽  
Lasar S. Shvindlerman ◽  
Günter Gottstein
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Microstructure Evolution ◽  
Boundary Migration ◽  
Granular System ◽  
Grain Boundary Migration ◽  
Triple Junctions ◽  
Model Simulations ◽  
Grain Sizes

In a previous work [ we introduced the geometry of a granular system that allowed the study of the effect of a finite mobility of the quadruple and triple junctions on grain boundary migration. One of the most important conclusions of this work was that the triple junctions drag more effectively the motion of the grain boundaries than the quadruple junctions. Nevertheless, this conclusion was drawn without consideration of the grain size. For this reason, this conclusion might be contradictory with our understanding of the grain boundary junctions because while the effect of the triple lines is inverse linear with the grain size that of the quadruple junctions is proportional to the inverse square of the grain size and thus, quadruple junctions are expected to drag more effectively, at least, for very small grain sizes. In the present investigation, we studied comprehensively the effect of grain size on the evolution of the granular system under the assumption of a finite mobility of the boundary junctions. For this purpose, several network model simulations were carried out for different grain sizes ranging from nanoto micrometers using a fully periodic grain arrangement. The results seem to corroborate that the triple junctions drag more effectively the motion of the grain boundaries, however, for very low junction mobility and grain sizes the effect appears to be indistinguishable. It was also observed that for very low quadruple junction mobility the geometry of the granular system undergoes a severe transformation which results in the unfulfillment of the equation derived in [.

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