Microstructural evolution during quenching and partitioning of 0.2C-1.5Mn-1.3Si steels with Cr or Ni additions

Pierce, Dean T.; Coughlin, D. R.; Clarke, Kester D.; De Moor, Emmanuel; Poplawsky, Jonathan D.; Williamson, Don L.; Mazumder, Baishakhi; Speer, J. G.; Hood, Andrew; Clarke, A. J.

doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2018.03.007

Microstructural evolution during quenching and partitioning of 0.2C-1.5Mn-1.3Si steels with Cr or Ni additions

Journal Article · Thu Mar 08 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Acta Materialia

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2018.03.007· OSTI ID:1435324

^[1]; Coughlin, D. R. ^[2]; Clarke, Kester D. ^[3]; De Moor, Emmanuel ^[4]; ^[5]; Williamson, Don L. ^[4]; Mazumder, Baishakhi ^[6]; Speer, J. G. ^[4]; Hood, Andrew ^[4]; Clarke, A. J. ^[3]

Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY (United States)

Here, the influence of Cr and Ni additions and quench and partition (Q&P) processing parameters on the microstructural development, including carbide formation and austenite retention during Q&P, was studied in two steels with a base composition of 0.2C-1.5Mn-1.3Si wt.% and additions of 1.5 wt.% Cr (1.5Cr) or Ni (1.5Ni). Additions of 1.5 wt.% Cr significantly slowed the kinetics of austenite decomposition relative to the 1.5Ni alloy at all partitioning temperatures, promoting greater austenite retention, lower retained austenite carbon (C) contents, and reduced sensitivity of the retained austenite amounts to processing variables. In the 1.5Cr alloy after partitioning at 400 °C for 300 s, η-carbides were identified by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and atom probe tomography (APT) revealed no significant enrichment of substitutional elements in the carbides. In the 1.5Ni alloy after partitioning at 450 °C for 300 s, both plate-like and globular carbides were observed by TEM. APT analysis of the globular carbides clearly revealed significant Si rejection and Mn enrichment. Mössbauer effect spectroscopy was used to quantify the amount of carbides after Q&P. In general, carbide amounts below ~0.3% of Fe were measured in both alloys after partitioning for short times (10 s), irrespective of quench or partitioning temperature, which corresponds to a relatively small portion of the bulk C. With increasing partitioning time, carbide amounts remained approximately constant or increased, depending on the alloy, quench temperature, and/or partitioning temperature.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; AC52-06NA25396; EE0005765

OSTI ID:: 1435324

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1548596
OSTI ID: 22744577

Journal Information:: Acta Materialia, Journal Name: Acta Materialia Journal Issue: C Vol. 151; ISSN 1359-6454

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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