简介:Thestudyintroducesthechemicalcomposition,mechanicalproperties,physicalpropertiesandproductionprocessesoftheFe-23Mn-2Al-Vausteniticsteel.Investigationsweremadeintotheformationofcracksinthehot-rolledFe-23Mn-2Al-Vsteelplates,withopticalmicroscopy(OM),scanningelectronmicroscopy(SEM)andenergydispersivespectrum(EDS).Theresultshaveshownthatintergranularoxidationinthereheatingfurnaceisthemaincauseofthecracksonthesurfaceofthehot-rolledsteelplates.Thesurfacecrackingcanbelargelyavoidedbycontrollingtheremainingoxygencontentinthereheatingfurnaceandimprovingcontinuouscasting(CC)processestoincreasethethicknessoffineequiaxedgrainlayerofthesteelslabs.
简介:Hydrogen,asatemporaryelementintitaniumalloys,isverygoodincontrollingmicrostructure.ThemicrostructureandphasetransformationofTi6A14ValloyareaffectedbytheamountofTiH,addedintothemeltofTi6A14Valloyduringtheinductionskullmelting(ISM)process.Thisprocess,calledmelthydrogenation,wasstudiedinthispaperthroughtheuseofopticalmicroscopy,scanningelectronmicroscopy(SEM)andtransmissionelectronmicroscopy(TEM).Theresultsareasfollows:aftermelthydrogenation,boththesolidificationmacrostructureandmicrostructureofTi6A14Valloyarerefined;theαphaseprecipitatesinalamellarformwiththeresidualβphasefromthegrainboundaries;δ-hydridesprecipitateduringthesolidificationprocessasaresultoftheexistenceofhydrogen.TheSphasewithanF.C.C.structurecanbeobservedbyTEMintheαphaselaminaeofspecimenswith1.25%TiH2.Inaddition,thedependenceofthemicrohardnessofspecimensontheweightpercentageofTiH,addedtothemeltduringtheISMprocesswasalsostudied.
简介:Inthisstudy,metallographicanalysisandnanoindentationcharacterizationwereusedtoanalyzethepropertiesandmicrostructuresofas-castnitrogenalloyed27Cr-7Ni-4Mosuperduplexstainlesssteel(super-DSS).Theas-castmicrostructureofthesuper-DSSwascharacterizedbyitsferriteandisland-likeaustenitephases.Duringthesolutionannealingprocess,theaustenitevolumepercentageofthesteeldecreasedgraduallywithincreasedannealingtemperature.Asamainelement,thechromiumcontentintheferriticandausteniticphaseselevatedslightlyatfirstthendecreasedwithincreasedannealingtemperature.Thechromiumpartitioncoefficientinthesteelvariedbyaround1.0.Thecontentsofnickel,anothermainalloyelement,alsoincreasedintheferriticandausteniticphaseswithincreasedannealingtemperature,asdidthenickelpartitioncoefficientinthesteel,whichtendedtobecloseto1.0.Thenanoindentationcharacterizationresultsindicatethatthehardnessoftheaustenitephaseisslightlygreaterthanthatoftheferritephase.Theyweresimilartoeachotherwithinacertaintemperaturerangefrom1050℃to1100℃.Thistemperaturerangewasconsistentwiththetemperaturerangeinwhichthecontentratioofthetwophaseswascloseto1∶1.WefoundtheYoung'smodulusoftheferritephasetobegreaterthanthatoftheaustenitephase.Withincreasedannealingtemperature,theYoung'smodulusoftheferritephasedecreasedwhilethatoftheaustenitephaseremainedalmostunchanged.