Flux composition, microstructure and mechanical properties of HY-100 SAW weldments
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The mechanical properties of submerged arc welds (SAW) on high strength steels are sensitive to weld-metal chemistry and thus the chemical composition of the welding consumables. Consumable chemistry determines the size, distribution, and composition of the nonmetallic inclusions present in the weld metal which together with cooling rate determines weld-metal microstructure and thus mechanical properties. Multirun submerged arc welds were made on HY-100 steel and all-weld variables were kept constant except the flux composition for which five different commercial fluxes were investigated. The basicity of each flux was calculated and correlated with weld-metal chemistry and it was found that lower basicity fluxes appeared to generate a higher oxygen activity in the weld-metal leading to more pronounced oxidation of carbon, manganese, and silicon and thus loss of weld-metal yield strength. Inclusion analyses showed the inclusion in the weld-metals to contain MnO, Al{sub 2}O{sub 3}, SiO{sub 2}, and TiO{sub 2}. These results suggest that the optimum flux for welding high-strength steels should have a high enough basicity and MnO content to avoid the loss of alloying elements from the weld metal due to high oxygen activity and to generate sufficient numbers of non-metallic inclusions to keep the DBTT low by forming significant amounts of acicular ferrite.
- OSTI ID:
- 115477
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9404233--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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