Processing of Ultrafine-Grained Steels by Warm Rolling and Annealing
Journal Article
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· Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance
- Indian Institute of Technology, I.I.T. Kharagpur, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (India)
- National Institute of Technology, N.I.T., Warangal, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (India)
- TATA Steel, Materials Characterization Group, Research and Development (India)
- CSIR-NML, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, National Metallurgical Laboratory (India)
Low-carbon microalloyed steel was subjected to warm rolling followed by rapid transformation annealing (RTA) at 800-850 °C and subcritical annealing (SCA) at 600 °C to develop ultrafine ferrite grain structures (UFFG) with grain size less than 3 μm. The present study investigated the influence of light (40%) and heavy (80%) warm rolling deformation (LWR and HWR) applied during the finishing pass of two-pass rolling schedules on the microstructural evolution after rolling and subsequent annealing treatments. RTA treatment of HWR sample at a lower intercritical temperature for an optimum duration (800 °C, 30 s) developed UFFG-martensite dual-phase structure that offered the best combination of strength (YS ~ 900 MPa and UTS ~ 1200 MPa) and ductility (25% elongation). The SCA treatment provided sufficient time to achieve a uniform distribution of carbide particles throughout the ferrite matrix. SCA treatment of HWR at 600 °C for 4 h developed UFFG-carbide structure achieving YS of 800 MPa with 20% ductility. The SCA of LWR resulted in coarser ferrite grain structures (grain size > 5 μm) having higher ductility (more than 30%) but lower strength (UTS of 400-550 MPa) as compared to RTA.
- OSTI ID:
- 22970959
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Journal Name: Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 28; ISSN 1059-9495; ISSN JMEPEG
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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