Bainite

About: Bainite is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 9520 publications have been published within this topic receiving 145305 citations.

Acicular ferrite transformation in alloy-steel weld metals

Abstract: In this paper, the morphology of acicular ferrite in alloy-steel weld metals has been investigated. The effect of the grain size of prior austenite on acicular ferrite transformation has also been studied. It is found that acicular ferrite can form in reheated weld metals when the austenite grain size is relatively large. On the other hand, classical sheaf-like bainite will form at the same temperature if the austenite grain size is kept small. Further results strongly suggest that acicular ferrite is in fact intragranular bainite rather than intragranular Widmanstatten ferrite.

High-strength hot-dip galvanized steel plate having excellent impact resistance and method for producing same, and high-strength alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet and method for producing same

Abstract: This base steel sheet has a hot-dip galvanized layer formed on the surface, and the volume fraction of a retained austenite phase of the steel sheet structure in a range of 1/8 of the sheet thickness to 3/8 of the sheet thickness, centered around 1/4 of the sheet thickness, from the surface, is not more than 5%, and the total volume fraction of a bainite phase, a bainitic ferrite phase, a fresh martensite phase, and a tempered martensite phase is not less than 40%. The average effective grain size is not more than 5.0 μm, and the maximum effective grain size is not more than 20 μm. A decarburized layer with a thickness of 0.01 to 10.0 μm is formed on a surface section, the density of oxides, which are dispersed in the decarburized layer is 1.0 × 10 12 to 1.0 × 10 16 oxides/m 2 , and the average particle size of the oxides is not more than 500 nm.

The microstructure of chromium-tungsten steels

Abstract: Chromium-tungsten steels are being developed to replace the Cr-Mo steels for fusion-reactor applications. Eight experimental steels were produced and examined by optical and electron microscopy. Chromium concentrations of 2.25, 5, 9 and 12 pct were used. Steels with these chromium compositions and with 2 pct W and 0.25 pct V were produced. To determine the effect of tungsten and vanadium, three other 2.25Cr steels were produced as follows: an alloy with 2 pct W and 0 pct V and alloys with 0 and 1 pct W and 0.25 pct V. A 9Cr steel containing 2 pct W, 0.25 pct V, and 0.07 pct Ta also was studied. For all alloys, carbon was maintained at 0.1 pct. Two pct tungsten was required in the 2.25Cr steels to produce 100 pct bainite (no polygonal ferrite). The 5Cr and 9Cr steels were 100 pct martensite, but the 12Cr steel contained about 25 pct delta-ferrite. Precipitate morphology and precipitate types varied, depending on the chromium content. For the 2.25Cr steels, M3C and M7C3 were the primary precipitates; for the 9Cr and 12Cr steels, M23C6 was the primary precipitate. The 5Cr steel contained M7C3 and M23C6. All of the steels with vanadium also contained MC.