简介:High-strengthsteelshavebeenwidelyappliedtoautomotivechassisparts.Inordertoformcomplexshapes,highholeexpansionratesandhighformabilityarerequired.Dualphase(DP)steelhasagoodformability,butapoorholeexpansionrate.Inthiscircumstance,anotherkindofsteelwhichhasamicrostructureofferrite-bainite,ratherthanferrite-martensite,hasbeenfoundtobeanalternativesolution.ItiscalledFBsteel.ThissteelwithSi,CandMnadditionsareappliedinthisstudy.Atwo-stepcooling...
简介:Thisstudyaimstoinvestigatetheeffectofthe1-stepquenchingandpartitioning(Q&P)processonthemicrostructureandtheresultingVicker’shardnessof0.3C-1.5Si-1.5Mnsteelbyusingin-situdilatometry,opticalmicroscopy(OM),scanningelectronmicroscopy(SEM),X-raydiffractometry(XRD),andVicker’shardnessmeasurement.Systematicanalysesindicatethatthemicrostructureofthespecimensquenchedandpartitionedat150℃,200℃,250℃,and300℃mainlycompriseslathmartensiteandretainedaustenite.Thedilatometrycurveofthespecimenpartitionedat150℃ispresumablyascribedtotheformationofisothermalmartensite.Intheearlystagesofpartitioningat200℃,thenearlyunchangeddilatationcurveiscloselyrelatedtothesynergisticeffectofisothermalmartensiteformationandtransitionalepsiloncarbideprecipitation.Inthelaterstagesofpartitioningat200℃,theslightincreaseinthedilatationcurveisduetothecontinuousisothermalmartensiteformation.Withfurtherincreaseinpartitioningtemperatureto250℃,thedilatationincreasesgraduallyupto3600s,whichisrelatedtocarbonpartitioningandlowerbainiteformation.Partitioningatahighertemperatureof300℃causesarapidincreaseinthedilatationcurveduringtheinitialstages,whichsubsequentlylevelsoffuponprolongingthepartitioningtime.Thisismainlyattributedtotherapiddiffusionofcarbonfromathermalmartensitetoretainedausteniteandcontinuousformationoflowerbainite.
简介:Theeffectsofthefinalelectromagneticstirring(EMS)onthesolidificationstructureof60Si2CrVAThighstrengthspring(HSS)steelofcontinuouscasting(CC)billetshasbeenstudied.Theanalysisofthesolidificationstructureisbasedonthecomparisonbetweenthemacrostructure,microstructure,carbonsegregationanddefectsofthe60Si2CrVATbilletwithmold-electromagneticstirring(M-EMS)andthosewiththeM+finalsolidificationzoneelectromagneticstirring(F-EMS).ItisfoundthatthesolidificationstructureofthebilletwiththeF-EMSisimprovedwiththetightnessofthebilletandtheincreaseintheratiooftheequiaxedstructure,theinnerporosityandtheshrinkageareremarkablyreduced,andthattheratioofcentralcarbonsegregationsharplydecreases.Meanwhile,thesecondarydendritearmspacing(SDAS)isimproved,andtheratioofcentralequiaxedgrainconsiderablyincreases,whichresultsinfinergrains.Therefore,thequalityofthebilletisenhancedwiththeF-EMS.
简介:ItisfundamentallyimportanttounderstandtheinfluenceofstrainonthedensityofdeformationtwinsinTWIPsteelbecausetwinningisitsdominantdeformationmechanism.ThedeformationbehaviorofaFe-30Mn-4Si-3Al-0.097CsteelhasbeeninvestigatedbyX-raydiffraction(XRD),electronbackscatterdiffraction(EBSD)andtransmissionelectronmicroscopy(TEM)techniques.Samplewithanaveragegrainsizeof10μmwasdeformedincold-rollingwithareductionof10%,20%,30%,40%,50%,60%and70%,respectively.Themechanicalpropertiesofthecold-rolledsampleswerefurtherinvestigatedbytensiletests.Theyieldstrength(σy)andultimate-tensile-strength(σUTS)oftheas-preparedsampleis480MPaand850MPa,respectively.However,undercoldrollingdeformation,thetensilestrengthobviouslyincreaseswithanincreaseinrollingreduction.Thesamplewitharollingreductionof10%exhibitsσyof610MPaandσUTSof-1000MPa.Theyieldstrengthandtensilestrengtharefurtherenhancedupto1320MPaand1378MPaforthespecimenwitharollingreductionof70%,regardlessofthepoorductilityof6.7%.ThedeformationmicrostructureswerestudiedbyEBSDandTEMobservations.Itisfoundthat,withincreasingrollingreduction,theaveragedistancebetweendeformationtwinsdecreasesgraduallywhilethedensityofdeformationtwins(thelengthoftwinboundaryinunitarea)exhibitamaximumvalueat40%cold-rolling+tension.Carefullystatisticsanalysisrevealsgrainorientationiscloselyrelatedtothedeformationtwinsandtheunderlyingmechanismgoverningthetwinningisdiscussed.
简介:ThemicrostructuralchangesofFe83Si4B13amorphousmotheralloyduringtheheatingprocesswereinvestigatedbyLaserScanningConfocalMicroscopy(LSCM),andthephasetransformationwasdeterminedbytheThermo-Calccalculations.ThedifferencesinthemeltingpointsmeasuredbyDifferentialScanningCalorimetry(DSC)andLSCM,andthoseobtainedbyThermo-Calccalculationswerealsodiscussed.ItisfoundthatthemeltingpointsmeasuredbyDSCandLSCMarerelativelysimilar,whereastheonsetandendofthemeltingtemperaturescalculatedbyThermo-CalcsoftwarearehigherthanthosemeasuredbyDSCandobservedbyLSCM.
简介:Opticalmicroscope(OM),scanningelectronmicroscope(SEM),energydispersivespectrometer(EDS)andX-rayDiffraction(XRD)wereusedtostudytheeffectsofrareearthonthemicrostructuralcharacteristicsof55%Al-Zn-1.6%Sihot-dipcoatingsonsteel.TheresultsofOM,SEMandEDSshowedthatbyaddingREintothe55%Al-Zn-1.6%Sibath,thesaw-toothedshapeofintermetallicreactionlayerofcoatingbecamesmooth,andthethicknessoftheoverlayandintermetallicreactionlayerdecreased.TheXRDresultsrevealedthattheintermetallicreactionlayerwascomprisedoftwodifferentregions,abrightphaseclosesttothesteelsubstratewithphasesofFe2Al3andadarkphaseclosesttothemetalliccoatingwithphasesofFeAl3/α-Fe-Al-Si.