Bethlehem Steel

About: Bethlehem Steel is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Coating & Corrosion. The organization has 1529 authors who have published 1559 publications receiving 19098 citations. The organization is also known as: Bethlehem Steel Corporation.

The effect of carbide and nitride additions on the heterogeneous nucleation behavior of liquid iron

Abstract: A systematic study of carbide and nitride additions on the heterogeneous nucleation behavior of supercooled liquid iron was undertaken. It was found that titanium nitride and titanium carbide were very effective in promoting heterogeneous nucleation. These compounds were followed by silicon carbide, zirconium nitride, zirconium carbide, and tungsten carbide in decreasing order of effectiveness. The degree of potency of the nucleation catalysts is explained on the basis of the disregistry between the lattice parameters of the substrate and the nucleating phase. Through the inclusion of planar terms the Turnbull-Vonnegut “linear” disregistry equation was modified to more accurately describe the crystallographic relationship at the interface during heterogeneous nucleation.

Characterization of Iron Oxides Commonly Formed as Corrosion Products on Steel

Abstract: For fundamental studies of the atmospheric corrosion of steel, it is useful to identify the iron oxide phases present in rust layers. The nine iron oxide phases, iron hydroxide (Fe(OH)2), iron trihydroxide (Fe(OH)3), goethite (α-FeOOH), akaganeite (β-FeOOH), lepidocrocite (γ-FeOOH), feroxyhite (δ-FeOOH), hematite (α-Fe2O3), maghemite (γ-Fe2O3) and magnetite (Fe3O4) are among those which have been reported to be present in the corrosion coatings on steel. Each iron oxide phase is uniquely characterized by different hyperfine parameters from Mossbauer analysis, at temperatures of 300K, 77K and 4K. Many of these oxide phases can also be identified by use of Raman spectroscopy. The relative fraction of each iron oxide can be accurately determined from the Mossbauer subspectral area and recoil-free fraction of each phase. The different Mossbauer geometries also provide some depth dependent phase identification for corrosion layers present on the steel substrate. Micro-Raman spectroscopy can be used to uniquely identify each iron oxide phase to a high spatial resolution of about 1 µm.

The morphology of martensite in iron alloys

Abstract: Light and electron microscopy have been used to determine the main structural differences between the two major types of martensite in ferrous alloys. In the martensite that forms in dilute alloys of iron, the basic transformation unit takes the shape of a lath, and hence the term lath martensite is appropriate for identifying this morphology. Each lath is the result of a homogeneous shear, and successive shears produce a packet of parallel laths containing a high density of tangled dislocations. The other type, plate martensite, differs in the shape taken by a transformation unit and its transformation sequence is characterized by nonparallel plate formation. Investigation of a large number of binary ferrous systems shows that alloy composition and the transformation temperature influence the transition from lath to plate martensite. These two factors are discussed in terms of their possible effects on the plastic deformation mechanisms which must occur in the parent austenite and product martensite during transformation.

Niobium carbonitride precipitation and austenite recrystallization in hot-rolled microalloyed steels

Abstract: The response of austenites to thermomechanical treatments is studied in a series of niobium (columbium) HSLA steels. Interactions between composition, plastic deformation, strain-induced precipitation, and austenite recrystallization are described and related to previous work in the field. Niobium in solution prior to deformation leads to significant retardation of subsequent austenite recrystallization if Nb(C,N) precipitation takes place prior to or during the early stages of recrystallization. Such straininduced precipitation proceeds in two stages: initially at austenitic grain boundaries and deformation bands, and later on substructural features in the unrecrystallized austenite. The latter precipitation is accelerated only if it occurs in the unrecrystallized austenite; if recrystallization precedes Nb(C,N) precipitation, then the precipitation reaction is much slower. Thus, the Nb(C,N) precipitation and austenite recrystallization reactions are coupled phenomena. The conditions necessary for such an interaction are analyzed, and it is proposed that the level of supersaturation of Nb(C,N) in the austenite at the deformation temperature is a critical factor in determining whether or not an effective interaction will operate at that temperature.