scholarly journals Homogenization Heat Treatment to Reduce the Failure of Heat Resistant Steel Castings

10.5772/50312 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hosein
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Resistant Steel ◽  
Heat Resistant Steel ◽  
Homogenization Heat Treatment ◽  
Heat Resistant ◽  
Steel Castings

Effect of Ausforming on Creep Strength of G91 Heat-Resistant Steel

2018 ◽  
Vol 941 ◽  
pp. 400-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Vivas ◽  
Rosalia Rementeria ◽  
Marta Serrano ◽  
Eberhard Altstadt ◽  
David San Martín ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Creep Strength ◽  
Operating Temperature ◽  
Strengthening Mechanism ◽  
Processing Route ◽  
Resistant Steel ◽  
Creep Tests ◽  
Heat Resistant Steel ◽  
Heat Resistant ◽  
Conventional Heat Treatment

The major challenge in a heat-resistant steel is to generate thermally stable microstructures that allow increasing the operating temperature, which will improve the thermal efficiency of the power plant without diminishing strength or time to rupture. The strengthening mechanism in tempered martensitic 9Cr steels comes mainly from the combination of solid solution effect and of precipitation hardening by fine MX carbo-nitrides, which enhance the sub-boundary hardening. This work is focused on the effect of ausforming processing on MX nanoprecipitation, on both their distribution and number density, during the subsequent tempering heat treatment. The creep strength at 700 oC was evaluated by small punch creep tests. The creep results after ausforming were compared to those obtained after conventional heat treatment concluding, in general, that ausforming boosts the creep strength of the steel at 700 oC. Therefore, conventional ausforming thermomechanical treatment is a promising processing route to raise the operating temperature of 9Cr heat-resistant steels.

scholarly journals Precipitate Evolution in 22Cr25NiWCuCo(Nb) Austenitic Heat-Resistant Stainless Steel during Heat Treatment at 1200 °C

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 1104
Author(s):  
Sheng-Min Yang ◽  
Jing-Lin Wu ◽  
Yeong-Tsuen Pan ◽  
Dong-Yih Lin
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Steel Matrix ◽  
Resistant Steel ◽  
Precipitation Behavior ◽  
Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
Heat Resistant Steel ◽  
Heat Resistant ◽  
Nb Content ◽  
Austenitic Grain Size

In this study, 22Cr25NiWCuCo(Nb) heat-resistant steel specimens with high Cr and Ni contents were adopted to investigate the effect of Nb content on thermal and precipitation behavior. Differential scanning calorimetry profiles revealed that the melting point of the 22Cr25NiWCuCo(Nb) steel specimens decreased slightly with the Nb content. After heat treatment at 1200 °C for 2 h, the precipitates dissolved in a Nb-free steel matrix. In addition, the Z phase (CrNb(C, N)) and MX (Nb(C, N), (Cr, Fe)(C, N), and NbC) could be observed in the Nb-containing steel specimens. The amount and volume fraction of the precipitates increased with the Nb content, and the precipitates were distributed heterogeneously along the grain boundary and inside the grain. Even when the heat treatment duration was extended to 6 h, the austenitic grain size and precipitates became coarser; the volume fraction of the precipitates also increased at 1200 °C. The Z phase, rather than the MX phase, became the dominant precipitates at this temperature.

scholarly journals Improvement in Weldment of Dissimilar 9% CR Heat-Resistant Steels by Post-Weld Heat Treatment

Metals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1321
Author(s):  
Jiankun Xiong ◽  
Ting Li ◽  
Xinjian Yuan ◽  
Guijun Mao ◽  
Jianping Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Fracture Surface ◽  
Weld Metal ◽  
Critical Power ◽  
Post Weld Heat Treatment ◽  
Resistant Steel ◽  
Heat Resistant Steel ◽  
Heat Resistant ◽  
Heat Resistant Steels ◽  
Weld Heat

The effect of the post-weld heat treatment on the microstructures and mechanical properties of the dissimilar joint of G115, a novel developed martensite heat resistant steel, and CB2 steel, currently used in an ultra-super-critical power unit, was investigated. The results indicate that the quenched martensite underwent decomposition and transformation, and the amount of dislocations were sharply decreased in the weld metal after post-weld heat treatment (PWHT). Many nano-scale M23C6 precipitates present in the weldment were distributed on the grain and grain boundary in a dispersed manner with PWHT. The average microhardness of the weldment decreased from about 400 HV to 265–290 HV after PWHT and only a slight decrease in the microhardness of CB2 steel was detected after PWHT at 760 °C. In contrast to the case of the as-received joint, the tensile strength of the joint was improved from 630 MPa to 694 MPa and the fracture location moved from the weld metal to the base metal after PWHT. The fracture surface consisted of a cleavage fracture mode without PWHT, whereas many dimples were observed on the fracture surface with PWHT.

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