Precipitation Behavior and its Effect on Strengthening of an HSLA-Nb/Ti Steel
Journal Article
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· Metallurgical and Materials Transactions
OSTI ID:912109
The precipitation behavior of a commercial high-strength low-alloy (HSLA) steel microalloyed with 0.086 wt pct Nb and 0.047 wt pct Ti has been investigated using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and mechanical testing. The emphasis of this study is to compare an industrially hot-rolled steel and samples from a laboratory hot torsion machine simulation. From TEM observations, the Ti and Nb containing precipitates could be grouped according to their size and shape. The precipitates in order of size were found to be cubic TiN particles with sizes in the range of 1 µm, grain boundary precipitates with diameters of approximately 10 nm, and very fine spherical or needle-shaped precipitates with sizes on the order of 1 nm. The needlelike precipitates were found on dislocations in ferrite and constituted the dominant population in terms of density. Thus, they appear to be responsible for the precipitation strengthening observed in this steel. Aging tests were carried out at 650°C to evaluate the precipitate strengthening kinetics in detail. The strengthening mechanisms can be described with a nonlinear superposition of dislocation and precipitation hardening. The mechanical properties of torsion-simulated material and as-coiled industrial material are similar; however, there are some microstructural differences that can be attributed to the somewhat different processing routes in the laboratory as compared to hot strip rolling.
- Research Organization:
- Idaho National Laboratory (INL)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-99ID13727
- OSTI ID:
- 912109
- Report Number(s):
- INEEL/JOU-00-00745; DOE/ID/13205-?
- Journal Information:
- Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, Journal Name: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 32A; ISSN 1073-5623
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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