Precipitation Behaviour of Carbonitrides in Ti-Nb-C-N Microalloyed Steels and an Engineering Application with Homogenously Precipitated Nano-particles

Authors

  • Yanlin WANG
  • Longchao ZHUO
  • Mingwen CHEN
  • Zidong WANG

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.ms.21.4.9622

Keywords:

microalloyed steel, thermodynamic model, carbonitrides, precipitation

Abstract

A thermodynamic model enabling calculation of equilibrium carbonitride composition and relative amounts as a function of steel composition and temperature has been developed previously based on the chemical equilibrium method. In the present work, actual carbonitride precipitation behaviour has been verified in the Ti-Nb-C-N microalloyed steels. The Ti microalloyed steel after refining with 0.012 % Nb exhibited highly improved tensile strength without sacrificing ductility. According to further detailed SEM and TEM analysis, the improved mechanical properties of Ti/Nb microalloyed steel could be attributed to the larger solubility of Nb and Ti, inducing fine dispersion of the carbonitrides with particle size of 2 – 10 nm in the ferrite matrix.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ms.21.4.9622

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Published

2015-11-19

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 4 (2015)

Section

METALS, ALLOYS, COATINGS

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