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Title: Carbide reactions and phase equilibria in low alloy Cr-Mo-V steels tempered at 773--993 K. Part 1: Experimental measurements

Journal Article · · Acta Materialia
OSTI ID:585919
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  1. Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice (Slovakia). Inst. of Materials Research
  2. Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Brno (Czech Republic). Inst. of Physics of Materials

Carbide reactions and phase equilibria of 2.4Cr-0.7Mo, 2.6Cr-0.7Mo-0.14V, 2.6Cr-0.7Mo-0.3V, and 2.6Cr-1.0Mo-0.3V (wt%) steels tempered at 773--933 K for a maximum of 1,000 h were investigated. Carbide particles extracted in carbon replica were analyzed by means of electron diffraction and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. Thermodynamic calculations were used to complement and make accurate the experimental results. The time-temperature diagrams of carbide phase stability were constructed for all investigated steels. Here the M{sub 3}C, M{sub 2}C, M{sub 7}C{sub 3} and MC carbides in various combinations are lined up in sequences, the carbides M{sub 23}C{sub 6} and M{sub 6}C form separate areas. The shape of the M{sub 6}C area is similar to that of the Laves phase in medium alloy steels. In the investigated steels three types of phase equilibria were found: ferrite + M{sub 7}C{sub 3}, ferrite + M{sub 7}C{sub 3} + MC and ferrite + M{sub 7}C{sub 3} + M{sub 6}C + MC.

OSTI ID:
585919
Journal Information:
Acta Materialia, Vol. 46, Issue 1; Other Information: PBD: 19 Dec 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English