Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1579471 | Materials Science and Engineering: A | 2010 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Some factors contributing to the hot ductility losses of a 2.25Cr-1Mo steel were identified over the temperature range 750-950 °C, after the specimens were austenitized at 1000 °C, furnace cooled to different temperatures, and held there for sufficient periods of time, followed by tensile testing. There were two types of ferrite present in the microstructure, namely, pro-eutectoid ferrite and deformation-induced ferrite. The pro-eutectoid ferrite was only formed below Ar3 (â¼825 °C), which was nucleated on the inclusions and distributed uniformly. Nevertheless, the deformation-induced ferrite was formed in a much wider temperature range. It was distributed mainly along austenite grain boundaries above Ar3, and around the pro-eutectoid ferrite below Ar3. The deformation-induced ferrite had a primary effect on the hot ductility, which was mainly responsible for a hot ductility trough. There was a peak in the quantity of deformation-induced ferrite between 800 and 900 °C, which was just corresponding to the hot ductility trough. The morphology of ferrite was also essential. The net-like structure of ferrite formed along austenite grain boundaries was the most deleterious to the hot ductility.
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Authors
X.-M. Chen, S.-H. Song, Z.-C. Sun, S.-J. Liu, L.-Q. Weng, Z.-X. Yuan,