Precipitation Behavior of Steels with Various Copper during Continuous Cooling

2010 ◽  
Vol 638-642 ◽  
pp. 3573-3578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue Min Wang ◽  
Chuang Li ◽  
Cheng Jia Shang ◽  
Chang An Zheng ◽  
Xin Lai He
Keyword(s):  
Cooling Rate ◽  
Rate Increase ◽  
Optical Microscope ◽  
Precipitation Process ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Precipitation Behavior ◽  
Phase Form ◽  
Continuous Cooling ◽  
Bearing Steels ◽  
Hardness Tests

The precipitation behavior of several Cu-bearing steels with various copper contents during continuous cooling has been studied. The optical microscope and HRTEM were employed to study the influence of cooling rate on the precipitation process. Also, the hardness of samples with different processes is tested. The results show that when the steels was cooled at a cooling rate between 0.1-1°C/s with the cooling rate increasing the second phase precipitates become finer but the precipitates become denser. When the cooling rate is 1°C /s the density of the second phase precipitates are the largest. When the cooling rate is quicker than 1°C /s as the cooling rate increase the precipitates become finer and fewer. The hardness tests also show that the sample will get the highest hardness. When the samples are cooled at a rate larger than 5°C /s， there is few precipitates in samples. The copper-rich second phase form by Inter-phase precipitation, and the copper-rich phase i.e. G.P zone is the main cause to strengthen the alloy. As the copper content varies from 1.5wt% to 2.5wt% the highest hardness could be obtain when the samples is cooled at a rate of 1°C /s and the density of the precipitates is the largest

The Study on the Precipitation and Mechanical Properties of Steel with Copper

2010 ◽  
Vol 654-656 ◽  
pp. 66-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuang Li ◽  
Xue Min Wang ◽  
Xin Lai He ◽  
Cheng Jia Shang ◽  
Yu He
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Optical Microscope ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Phase Precipitation ◽  
Precipitation Behavior ◽  
Quenching Temperature ◽  
Bearing Steels ◽  
Transition Electron

The properties and precipitation behavior of Cu-bearing steels have been investigated. The optical microscope and transition electron microscope were employed to study the influence of interrupted cooling and quenching temperature on the precipitation behavior. Also, the properties of samples with different quench processes were tested. The results show that when the steel is interruptedly cooled and quenched from 650-700°C, with the quenching temperature increasing the volume fraction of martensite becomes larger and the hardness becomes higher. When the microstructure is ferrite the second-phase precipitates occurs and they are proved copper-rich particles. However there are no obvious precipitates in martensite. The copper-rich second phase forms by the way of inter-phase precipitation.

Continuous Cooling Transformation of Overcooling Austenite and Structure Evolution of Si Steel

2013 ◽  
Vol 652-654 ◽  
pp. 947-951
Author(s):  
Hui Li ◽  
Yun Li Feng ◽  
Da Qiang Cang ◽  
Meng Song
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transformation ◽  
Cooling Rate ◽  
Optical Microscope ◽  
Structure Evolution ◽  
Upward Trend ◽  
Continuous Cooling Transformation ◽  
Continuous Cooling ◽  
Hardness Tester ◽  
Gleeble 3500 ◽  
Evolution Of Microstructure

The static continuous cooling transformation (CCT)curves of 3.15 Si-0.036 C-0.21 Mn-0.008 S-0.008 N-0.022 Al are measured on Gleeble-3500 thermal mechanical simulator, the evolution of microstructure and the tendency of hardness are investigated by optical microscope (OM) and hardness tester. The results show that there is no evident change in microstructure which mainly are ferrite and little pearlite under different cooling rates, but the transition temperature of ferrite is gradually reduced with the increase of cooling rate. When the cooling rate is increased from 0.5°C/s to 20°C/s, the ending temperatures of phase transformation are decreased by 118°C, when cooling rate reaches to 10, Widmanstatten ferrite appears. The hardness of the steel turns out gradual upward trend with the increase of cooling rate.

scholarly journals Copper Precipitation Behavior during Continuous Cooling and Subsequent Aging of Powder-Forged Fe-2.5Cu-C Alloy

Metals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1350
Author(s):  
Sui Wang ◽  
Yake Wu ◽  
Tengyu Zhang ◽  
Feng Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Cooling Rate ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Theoretical Calculations ◽  
Combined Effects ◽  
Precipitation Behavior ◽  
Subsequent Aging ◽  
Continuous Cooling ◽  
Copper Precipitation ◽  
Secondary Precipitates

Microstructure and property evolution of a powder-forged Fe-2.5Cu-C alloy during continuous cooling and subsequent aging were investigated to improve its mechanical properties. During continuous cooling, copper precipitates formed were consistent with the interphase mechanism when the cooling rate was less than 7 °C/s; however, the hardness of the specimen was always higher at faster cooling rates because finer grains and harder phases formed. During subsequent aging, copper precipitates formed and/or coarsened continuously while the hardness of the alloys was greatly influenced by the combined effects of the primary and secondary precipitates, as revealed by the theoretical calculations. In addition, the forming and evolving mechanisms of the copper precipitates at different stages were also discussed based on the experimental results. This study will provide guidance to the industry for achieving high performance in the powder-forged products by treatment manipulation.

Aging Precipitation Evolving Process and its Effects on Mechanical Properties of 0Cr21Ni6Mn9N Austenitic Stainless Steel

2015 ◽  
Vol 816 ◽  
pp. 255-261
Author(s):  
Na Yun Jiang ◽  
Fu Shun Liu
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Austenitic Stainless Steel ◽  
Aging Time ◽  
Solution Treatment ◽  
Optical Microscope ◽  
Precipitation Process ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Aging Precipitation

The solution treatment (ST) and the the second phase morphology changing duing the aging precipitation process of 0Cr21Ni6Mn9N austenitic stainless steel were investigated using optical microscope (OM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM) with EDS and transmission electron microscope (TEM). The results showed that the precipitation phase was Cr2N which initially nucleated along austenitic grain boundaries and then grew towards into the inner grains in strip morphology. Also, with the longer aging time the proportion of Cr2N increased. The mechanical properties of alloys with and without the presence of the precipitation Cr2N were also studied. It was observed that due to the exiting of the precipitation Cr2N, the strength of 2169N stainless steel reduced during a certain range of aging time, and then improved when the aging time reached to 48h, while the elongation decreased thoroughly.

Microstructure Transformation of Nb-V Microalloyed Steel during Continuous Cooling Process

2012 ◽  
Vol 590 ◽  
pp. 23-27
Author(s):  
Xin Li ◽  
Jie Zhao ◽  
Jun Cheng Bao ◽  
Bao Qun Ning ◽  
Jian Ping Li
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transformation ◽  
Cooling Rate ◽  
Microalloyed Steel ◽  
Lower Bainite ◽  
Optical Microscope ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Cooling Rates ◽  
Continuous Cooling ◽  
Thermal Simulation Experiment

To achieve reasonable rolling technology of the novel Nb-V composite microalloyed steel, the continuous cooling transformation (CCT) curve was established by thermal simulation experiment. Microstructure and microhardness at different cooling rates were characterized using an optical microscope (OM) and microhardness tester. The results indicate that the critical quenching speed of Nb-V microalloyed steel is about 23 °C/s. The start and finishing temperatures of phase transformation decreased with the rise of cooling rate. Widmannstatten (W) structure appears at lower cooling rate interval. Microstructure transfers into martensite (M) and bainite (B) with obviously refined grains in higher cooling rate interval. Microhardness improves with the increase of cooling rates. Microhardness value is greatly improved to 298.6 HV at the cooling rate of 11 °C/s, which could be related to the formation of lower bainite during phase transformation process. When the cooling rate is above 29 °C/s, microhardness values remain unchanged basically. This illustrates that the microstructure of Nb-V microalloyed steel consists of martensite and lower bainite.

Hardenability of Medium Carbon Cr-Mn-Mo Alloyed Steels

2019 ◽  
Vol 946 ◽  
pp. 341-345
Author(s):  
Mikhail V. Maisuradze ◽  
Maksim A. Ryzhkov
Keyword(s):  
Cooling Rate ◽  
Structural Steels ◽  
Alloying Elements ◽  
Metallographic Analysis ◽  
Medium Carbon ◽  
Austenite Transformation ◽  
Continuous Cooling ◽  
Different Content ◽  
Cct Diagrams

Three medium carbon Cr-Mn-Mo structural steels with different content of alloying elements were studied. The austenite transformation during continuous cooling was investigated using dilatometer and metallographic analysis. The CCT diagrams were plotted showing the effect of the increased alloying elements content and B and Nb micro-alloying on the hardenability of the studied steels. The hardness dependences on the cooling rate were obtained.

Effect of Cooling Rate on the Precipitation Behavior of Carbonitride in Microalloyed Steel Slab

2010 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fanjun Ma ◽  
Guanghua Wen ◽  
Ping Tang ◽  
Guodong Xu ◽  
Feng Mei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cooling Rate ◽  
Microalloyed Steel ◽  
Precipitation Behavior ◽  
Steel Slab
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