scholarly journals Influence of Austenite Grain Size on Mechanical Properties after Quench and Partitioning Treatment of a 42SiCr Steel

Metals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Härtel ◽  
Birgit Awiszus ◽  
Marcel Graf ◽  
Alexander Nitsche ◽  
Marcus Böhme ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Grain Size ◽  
Heating Rates ◽  
Austenite Grain Size ◽  
Grain Sizes ◽  
Austenite Grain ◽  
Martensitic Microstructure ◽  
Pre Treatment ◽  
Uneven Heating ◽  
Upsetting Test

This paper examines how the initial austenite grain size in quench and partitioning (Q-P) processes influences the final mechanical properties of Q-P steels. Differences in austenite grain size distribution may result, for example, from uneven heating rates of semi-finished products prior to a forging process. In order to quantify this influence, a carefully defined heat treatment of a cylindrical specimen made of the Q-P-capable 42SiCr steel was performed in a dilatometer. Different austenite grain sizes were adjusted by a pre-treatment before the actual Q-P process. The resulting mechanical properties were determined using the upsetting test and the corresponding microstructures were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). These investigations show that a larger austenite grain size prior to Q-P processing leads to a slightly lower strength as well as to a coarser martensitic microstructure in the Q-P-treated material.

scholarly journals Overview of HSS Steel Grades Development and Study of Reheating Condition Effects on Austenite Grain Size Changes

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 1988
Author(s):  
Tibor Kvackaj ◽  
Jana Bidulská ◽  
Róbert Bidulský
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Grain Size ◽  
High Strength Steel ◽  
Single Phase ◽  
Hsla Steel ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Strength Properties ◽  
Austenite Grain Size ◽  
Austenite Grain ◽  
Steel Grades

This review paper concerns the development of the chemical compositions and controlled processes of rolling and cooling steels to increase their mechanical properties and reduce weight and production costs. The paper analyzes the basic differences among high-strength steel (HSS), advanced high-strength steel (AHSS) and ultra-high-strength steel (UHSS) depending on differences in their final microstructural components, chemical composition, alloying elements and strengthening contributions to determine strength and mechanical properties. HSS is characterized by a final single-phase structure with reduced perlite content, while AHSS has a final structure of two-phase to multiphase. UHSS is characterized by a single-phase or multiphase structure. The yield strength of the steels have the following value intervals: HSS, 180–550 MPa; AHSS, 260–900 MPa; UHSS, 600–960 MPa. In addition to strength properties, the ductility of these steel grades is also an important parameter. AHSS steel has the best ductility, followed by HSS and UHSS. Within the HSS steel group, high-strength low-alloy (HSLA) steel represents a special subgroup characterized by the use of microalloying elements for special strength and plastic properties. An important parameter determining the strength properties of these steels is the grain-size diameter of the final structure, which depends on the processing conditions of the previous austenitic structure. The influence of reheating temperatures (TReh) and the holding time at the reheating temperature (tReh) of C–Mn–Nb–V HSLA steel was investigated in detail. Mathematical equations describing changes in the diameter of austenite grain size (dγ), depending on reheating temperature and holding time, were derived by the authors. The coordinates of the point where normal grain growth turned abnormal was determined. These coordinates for testing steel are the reheating conditions TReh = 1060 °C, tReh = 1800 s at the diameter of austenite grain size dγ = 100 μm.

Induction Hardening of a 0.40 % C Novel Microalloyed Steel: Effects of Heating Rate on the Prior Austenite Grain Size

2018 ◽  
Vol 941 ◽  
pp. 64-70
Author(s):  
Vahid Javaheri ◽  
Nasseh Khodaei ◽  
Tun Tun Nyo ◽  
David A. Porter
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Heating Rate ◽  
Prior Austenite ◽  
Induction Hardening ◽  
High Wear Resistance ◽  
Heating Rates ◽  
Austenite Grain Size ◽  
Austenite Grain ◽  
Prior Austenite Grain Size ◽  
Prior Austenite Grain

This work explores the effect of heating rate on the prior austenite grain size and hardness of a thermomechanically processed novel niobium-microalloyed 0.40 % carbon low-alloyed steel intended for use in induction hardened slurry pipelines. The aim was to identify the heating rates that lead to the maximum hardness, for high wear resistance, and minimum prior austenite grain size, for high toughness. For this purpose, a Gleeble 3800 machine has been employed to simulate the induction hardening process and provide dilatometric phase transformation data. The prior austenite grain structure has been reconstructed from the EBSD results using a MatlabR script supplemented with MTEX texture and crystallography analyses. Heating rates ranged from 1 to 50 °C/s and the cooling rate was 50 °C/s. The results show that the prior austenite grain size greatly depended on the heating rate: compared to the lower heating rates, the maximum heating rate of 50 C/s produces remarkably fine prior austenite grains and a fine final martensitic microstructure after quenching. In addition, a relation between the heating rate and the deviation from equilibrium temperature has been established.

scholarly journals Influence of Austenite Grain Size on Mechanical Properties of Stainless SMA

2002 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 916-919 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Otubo ◽  
Fabiana C. Nascimento ◽  
Paulo R. Mei ◽  
Lisandro P. Cardoso ◽  
Michael J. Kaufman
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Grain Size ◽  
Austenite Grain Size ◽  
Austenite Grain

The Influence of Initial Grain Size and Strain Sequence of Slab Hot Rolling on the Austenite Evolution of Peritectic Microalloyed Plate Steels

2014 ◽  
Vol 1019 ◽  
pp. 339-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rorisang Maubane ◽  
Kevin Banks ◽  
Waldo Stumpf ◽  
Charles Siyasiya ◽  
Alison Tuling
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Hot Rolling ◽  
Plain Carbon Steel ◽  
Microalloyed Steels ◽  
Heating Rates ◽  
Austenite Grain Size ◽  
Soaking Time ◽  
Austenite Grain ◽  
Dynamic Recrystallisation ◽  
Temperature Constant

The influence of the strain sequence during slab hot rolling (also known as “roughing”) on the evolution of austenite in plain carbon, C-Mn-V and C-Mn-Nb-Ti-V steels was investigated. Reheating and roughing simulations were conducted in a Bähr deformation dilatometer using a constant austenitising temperature, constant soaking time and various heating rates and roughing strain sequences. Stress analysis was used to quantify the austenite softening behaviour and the prior austenite grain size was measured from quenched specimens. The austenite grains of the plain carbon steel were coarser than those of both microalloyed steels, with the C-Mn-Nb-Ti-V grade being the finest due to effective pinning of the grain boundaries. Pass strains greater than 0.2 were sufficient for initiation of dynamic recrystallisation (DRX) for the C-Mn and C-Mn-V steels and led to uniform austenite microstructure with austenite grain sizes less than 40µm after the roughing stage.

Effect of austenite grain size on transformation of nanobainite and its mechanical properties

2016 ◽  
Vol 666 ◽  
pp. 207-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Jiang ◽  
Hongji Liu ◽  
Junjie Sun ◽  
Shengwu Guo ◽  
Yongning Liu
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Grain Size ◽  
Austenite Grain Size ◽  
Austenite Grain
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