The nature of temper brittleness of high-chromium ferrite
- Central Scientific-Research Institute for Ferrous Metallurgy, Moscow (Russian Federation)
The reasons for development of {open_quotes}475{degrees}C brittleness{close_quotes} of high-chromium ferritic steels are considered from the standpoint of fracture mechanics. It is shown that the general rise in the curve of temperature-dependent local flow stress has the decisive influence on the position of the ductile-to-brittle transformation temperature and the increase in it as the result of a hold at temperatures of development of brittleness. The established effect is related to the change in the parameters determining dislocation mobility, that is, the activation energy of dislocation movement in high-chromium ferrite and the resistance to microplastic deformation, both caused by processes of separation into layers of high-chromium ferrite and decomposition of the interstitial solid solution.
- OSTI ID:
- 35432
- Journal Information:
- Strength of Materials, Vol. 26, Issue 7; Other Information: PBD: Mar 1995; TN: Translated from Problemy Prochnosti; No. 7, 71-75(Jul 1994)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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