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Microalloyed steel
About: Microalloyed steel is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2183 publications have been published within this topic receiving 33586 citations.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the dynamic recrystallization of a selection of low alloy and micro-alloyed steels was studied and Avrami's equation was modelled based on the experimental determination of flow curves and their subsequent modelling, making it possible to calculate the recrystized fraction (X{sub d}) as a function of all the variables which intervene in hot deformation: temperature, strain rate, austenite grain size and the chemical composition of the steel.
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TL;DR: In situ time-resolved X-ray diffraction (TRXRD) using synchrotron radiation was used to monitor the phase evolution during welding of Fe-C-Al-Mn steel with 0.05 s resolutions as discussed by the authors.
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TL;DR: In this article, a new hot rolled titanium-microalloyed steel with yield strength of 700 MPa has been developed by CSP (compact strip production) process based on commercial weather resistant steel.
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15 Nov 2006-Materials Science and Engineering A-structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the relationship between microstructure and impact toughness behavior as a function of cooling rate for industrially processed Nb- and V-microalloyed steels of almost similar yield strength.
Abstract: We describe here the relationship between microstructure and impact toughness behavior as a function of cooling rate for industrially processed Nb- and V-microalloyed steels of almost similar yield strength (∼60 ksi). Both Nb- and V-microalloyed steels exhibited increase in toughness with increase in cooling rates during processing. However, Nb-microalloyed steels were characterized by relatively higher toughness than the V-microalloyed steels under identical processing conditions. The microstructure of Nb- and V-microalloyed steels processed at conventional cooling rate, primarily consisted of polygonal ferrite–pearlite microconstituents, while Nb-microalloyed steels besides polygonal ferrite and pearlite contained significant fraction of degenerated pearlite. The microstructure of Nb- and V-microalloyed steels processed at relatively higher cooling rate contained degenerated pearlite and lath-type (acicular) ferrite in addition to the primary ferrite–pearlite constituents. The fraction of degenerated pearlite was higher in Nb-microalloyed steels than in the V-microalloyed steels. In both Nb- and V-microalloyed steels the precipitation characteristics were similar with precipitation occurring at grain boundaries, dislocations, and in the ferrite matrix. Fine-scale (∼5–10 nm) precipitation was observed in the ferrite matrix of both the steels. The selected area diffraction (SAD) pattern analysis revealed that these fine precipitates were MC type of niobium and vanadium carbides in the respective steels and followed Baker–Nutting orientation relationship with the ferrite matrix. The microstructural studies suggest that the increase in toughness of Nb-microalloyed steels is attributed to higher fraction of degenerated pearlite in the steel.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of Nb supersaturation in austenite, as it applies to the strain-induced precipitation potential of nb(CN), on the suppression of the static recrystallization of austenites during an isothermal holding period following deformation was described.
Abstract: This work describes the effect of Nb supersaturation in austenite, as it applies to the strain-induced precipitation potential of Nb(CN), on the suppression of the static recrystallization of austenite during an isothermal holding period following deformation. Four low carbon steels, microalloyed with Nb, were used in this investigation. Three of the steels had variations in Nb levels at constant C and N concentrations. Two steels had different N levels at constant C and Nb concentrations. The results from the isothermal deformation experiments and the subsequent measurement of the solution behavior of Nb in austenite show that the recrystallization-stop temperature (TRXN) increases with increasing Nb supersaturation in austenite. Quantitative transmission electron microscopy analysis revealed that the volume fraction of Nb(CN) at austenite grain boundaries or subgrain boundaries was 1.5 to 2 times larger than Nb(CN) volume fractions found within the grain interiors. This high, localized volume fraction of Nb(CN) subsequently led to high values for the precipitate pinning force (FPIN). These values forFPIN were much higher than what would have been predicted from equilibrium thermodynamics describing the solution behavior of Nb in austenite.
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