Influence of Repeated Quenching After Carburizing on Prior Austenite Grain Size

2007 ◽  
Vol 561-565 ◽  
pp. 2345-2348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi Fujimatsu ◽  
Motohiro Nishikawa ◽  
Kazuya Hashimoto ◽  
Atsushi Yamamoto
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Prior Austenite ◽  
Grain Refining ◽  
Austenite Grain Size ◽  
Cr Content ◽  
Austenite Grain ◽  
Mn Content ◽  
Prior Austenite Grain Size ◽  
Carburized Layer ◽  
Prior Austenite Grain

High strengths and impact values are required for carburizing steels used for automotive drive train parts. It is well known that the finer-grain microstructures are favorable for these properties. In this study, with a view to effective refining of grain size with controlling the alloying elements, influence of Mn and Cr content on prior austenite grain size after carburizing and repeated quenching was investigated on Ti-modified carburizing steels with ferrite and pearlite microstructure. It was found that the increase in Mn and Cr contents in steels were effective for the grain refining. These effects were attributed to fine ferrite and pearlite microstructure caused by the lowered Ar3 point due to higher Mn content, and retarding the grain growth of austenite by the fine dispersion of carbides in the carburized layer of specimen due to higher Cr content.

scholarly journals EFFECT OF AUSTENITIC GRAIN SIZE ON THE PHASE TRANSFORMATION OF A NOVEL 6.5% CR STEEL FOR FORGED COMPONENTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Andrea Di Schino
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Grain Size ◽  
Prior Austenite ◽  
Austenite Grain Size ◽  
Cr Content ◽  
Austenite Grain ◽  
Prior Austenite Grain Size ◽  
Quenching And Tempering ◽  
Austenitic Grain Size ◽  
Prior Austenite Grain

<p class="AMSmaintext"><span lang="EN-GB">In this paper the effect of quenching and tempering (Q&amp;T) thermal treatment on mechanical properties of a novel 6.5% Cr steel for forged components is studied. Main innovation of such steel is in the increased hardenability following the Cr content with respect to the more common 5% Cr steel allowing to add lower content of other elements aimed to achieve the target mechanical properties. Following to the high intrinsic hardenability of such steel based on the Cr content a poor effect of prior austenite grain size should be expected after quenching.  Aim of this work is to evaluate such effect and to analyse the dependence of mechanical properties on it. </span></p>

scholarly journals A New Systematic Approach Based on Dilatometric Analysis to Track Bainite Transformation Kinetics and the Influence of the Prior Austenite Grain Size

Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 324
Author(s):  
David San-Martin ◽  
Matthias Kuntz ◽  
Francisca G. Caballero ◽  
Carlos Garcia-Mateo
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Grain Size ◽  
Prior Austenite ◽  
Bainitic Transformation ◽  
Transformation Rate ◽  
Transformation Kinetics ◽  
Austenite Grain Size ◽  
Austenite Grain ◽  
Prior Austenite Grain Size ◽  
Prior Austenite Grain

This investigation explores the influence of the austenitisation heat treatment and thus, of the prior austenite grain size (PAGS), on the kinetics of the bainitic transformation, using as A case study two high-carbon, high-silicon, bainitic steels isothermally transformed (TIso = 250, 300, 350 °C), after being austenised at different temperatures (γTγ = 925–1125 °C). A methodology, based on the three defining dilatometric parameters extracted from the derivative of the relative change in length, was proposed to analyse the transformation kinetics. These parameters are related to the time to start bainitic transformation, the time lapse for most of the transformation to take place and the transformation rate at the end of the transformation. The results show that increasing the PAGS up to 70 µm leads to an increase in the bainite nucleation rate, this effect being more pronounced for the lowest TIso. However, the overall transformation kinetics seems to be weakly affected by the applied heat treatment (γTγ and TIso). In one of the steels, PAGS > 70 µm (γTγ > 1050 °C), which weakly affects the progress of the transformation, except for TIso = 250 °C, for which the enhancement of the autocatalytic effect could be the reason behind an acceleration of the overall transformation.

scholarly journals Exploring the Difference in Bainite Transformation with Varying the Prior Austenite Grain Size in Low Carbon Steel

Metals ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 988 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liangyun Lan ◽  
Zhiyuan Chang ◽  
Penghui Fan
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Prior Austenite ◽  
Low Carbon Steel ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Bainite Transformation ◽  
Austenite Grain Size ◽  
Austenite Grain ◽  
Austenite Grains ◽  
Prior Austenite Grain Size ◽  
Prior Austenite Grain

The simulation welding thermal cycle technique was employed to generate different sizes of prior austenite grains. Dilatometry tests, in situ laser scanning confocal microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy were used to investigate the role of prior austenite grain size on bainite transformation in low carbon steel. The bainite start transformation (Bs) temperature was reduced by fine austenite grains (lowered by about 30 °C under the experimental conditions). Through careful microstructural observation, it can be found that, besides the Hall–Petch strengthening effect, the carbon segregation at the fine austenite grain boundaries is probably another factor that decreases the Bs temperature as a result of the increase in interfacial energy of nucleation. At the early stage of the transformation, the bainite laths nucleate near to the grain boundaries and grow in a “side-by-side” mode in fine austenite grains, whereas in coarse austenite grains, the sympathetic nucleation at the broad side of the pre-existing laths causes the distribution of bainitic ferrite packets to be interlocked.

Induction Hardening of a 0.40 % C Novel Microalloyed Steel: Effects of Heating Rate on the Prior Austenite Grain Size

2018 ◽  
Vol 941 ◽  
pp. 64-70
Author(s):  
Vahid Javaheri ◽  
Nasseh Khodaei ◽  
Tun Tun Nyo ◽  
David A. Porter
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Heating Rate ◽  
Prior Austenite ◽  
Induction Hardening ◽  
High Wear Resistance ◽  
Heating Rates ◽  
Austenite Grain Size ◽  
Austenite Grain ◽  
Prior Austenite Grain Size ◽  
Prior Austenite Grain

This work explores the effect of heating rate on the prior austenite grain size and hardness of a thermomechanically processed novel niobium-microalloyed 0.40 % carbon low-alloyed steel intended for use in induction hardened slurry pipelines. The aim was to identify the heating rates that lead to the maximum hardness, for high wear resistance, and minimum prior austenite grain size, for high toughness. For this purpose, a Gleeble 3800 machine has been employed to simulate the induction hardening process and provide dilatometric phase transformation data. The prior austenite grain structure has been reconstructed from the EBSD results using a MatlabR script supplemented with MTEX texture and crystallography analyses. Heating rates ranged from 1 to 50 °C/s and the cooling rate was 50 °C/s. The results show that the prior austenite grain size greatly depended on the heating rate: compared to the lower heating rates, the maximum heating rate of 50 C/s produces remarkably fine prior austenite grains and a fine final martensitic microstructure after quenching. In addition, a relation between the heating rate and the deviation from equilibrium temperature has been established.

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