Effect of Cooling Rate and Chemical Composition on Microstructure and Properties of Naturally Cooled Vanadium-Microalloyed Steels

Samples from two V-microalloyed steels (0.05 wt pct V) having different C and N levels, namely high-C low-N steel, HCLN (0.22 wt pct C, 0.007 wt pct N) and low-C high-N steel, LCHN (0.06 wt pct C, 0.013 wt pct N) were naturally cooled from 1373 K (1100 °C) to room temperature over a range of cooling rates (0.07 to 3.33 K/s). Samples from a plain C-Mn steel (0.06 wt pct C, 0.007 wt pct N) were also subjected to the same heat treatment for comparison. The effect of cooling rate and steel composition on microstructures, precipitates, and tensile properties has been investigated. Due to the presence of large fraction of harder constituents, like pearlite and bainite, HCLN steel showed higher strength and lower ductility than LCHN steel. LCHN steel, on the other hand, showed good combination of strength and ductility due to its predominantly ferrite matrix with precipitation strengthening. The V-precipitate size was more refined and the precipitate density was higher in HCLN steel than that in LCHN steel. This observation confirms the importance of C content in V-microalloyed steel in terms of precipitation strengthening. An intermediate cooling rate (~1.4 K/s) has been found to be the optimum choice in order to maximize the precipitation strengthening in V-containing steels.     

Production of ultra-high strength wire rod steels by vanadium microalloying

Ultra-high strength high-carbon wire rod steels have been produced using vanadium-microalloying technique instead of the conventional expensive and environment polluting lead patenting treatment. The strength increment attained in the hot rolled steels due to vanadium additions is maintained in the cold drawn wire. By using this technique, high tensile strength levels of 1550-1600 N/mm² were attained either by cold drawing of 0.17% V microalloyed high-carbon steel to 45-47% reduction or by cold drawing of 0.20% V microalloyed high-carbon steel to 25-30% reduction. An equation has been developed to predict the tensile strength from the chemical composition, cooling rate and reduction of area due to cold drawing. A combination of vanadium microalloying and accelerated cooling resulted in additional strength increment due to refining of microstructure and increasing the precipitation strengthening component. Inspite of the decrease in the amount of vanadium precipitates due to the increase in cooling rate, it is suggested that an increase in precipitation strengthening due to refining of these precipitates by accelerated cooling more than offsets the loss of precipitation strengthening due to decreasing the precipitates fraction.     

卷取温度对钒微合金化耐候钢力学性能的影响

 在实验室制备了钒微合金化高强耐候钢,通过拉伸试验、冲击试验、扫描电镜、透射电镜对试验钢的组织结构、力学性能以及第二相粒子析出行为进行了研究,分析了不同卷取温度对耐候钢显微组织和力学性能的影响。研究结果表明：随着卷取温度的降低,试验钢在550℃获得最佳力学性能,晶粒尺寸细小,细晶强化效果明显,但是钒的析出数量减少,析出强化作用减弱。试验钢在550℃卷取时组织为铁素体、珠光体以及部分针状铁素体,针状铁素体组织以及细晶强化共同作用不但弥补了该卷取温度下析出强化的不足,而且使得试验钢的力学性能有了明显提高。     

V-N微合金化钢筋中钒的析出行为

研究了氮对含钒微合金化钢筋中钒的析出行为的影响。实验结果表明：低氮钒钢中,大部分钒固溶于铁素体基体,比例高达565,只有35．5％钒形成V（C,N）;高氮钒钢中,70％的钒析出形成V（C,N）,只有20％的钒因溶于基体,钢氮还减小了V（C,N）颗粒尺寸,明显增加细小V（C,N）析出相的体积分数。     

Structure of continuously cooled low-carbon vanadium steels

The structures of four 0.15 pct carbon steels containing vanadium, nitrogen, and aluminum separately and together were studied systematically, with the help of transmission electron microscopy, by cooling suitable steels at four different rates ranging from 120 °C/min to 3.6 °C/ min from temperatures giving a common austenite grain size of 35 μm. Except for the steel containing only vanadium and that containing only aluminum and nitrogen cooled at the fastest rate used, the observed microstructures were all essentially mixtures of polygonal ferrite and expected amounts for pearlite. For all the steels studied, except the one containing aluminum and nitrogen, it was found that general precipitation was more common than interphase precipitation, although the extent of the latter increased at lower cooling rates. Moreover, in some cases, both general and interphase precipitation were present in the same area. The presence of aluminum was observed to enhance the formation of interphase precipitates at all cooling rates, and the spacing between parallel rows of precipitates increased as the cooling rate was decreased. The dislocation density was high at all cooling rates in all the steels, but it was found to decrease with decreasing cooling rates. Very fine precipitates were found in all the steels, except the steel containing aluminum and nitrogen. At the fast cooling rates, the segregation of vanadium and interstitial elements, which led to locally lower transformation temperatures and higher supersaturations, resulted in clusters of fine particles of vanadium carbonitride, V(C, N). At the slower cooling rates, all the steels showed severe heterogeneity in precipitate morphology which was more pronounced in the steel containing aluminum and nitrogen, while a needlelike morphology of V(C, N) precipitate was occasionally found in steels containing either vanadium and nitrogen or vanadium, nitrogen, and aluminum. As the cooling rate decreased, particle coarsening and growth occurred, causing a reduction in the number of particles/unit area. The coarsening rate of V(C,N) in the presence of aluminum is considerably lower than that of vanadium carbide, VC, or of V(C, N) in the absence of aluminum. Because of the unfavorable precipitation kinetics, any aluminum nitride (A1N) formed during cooling did not nucleate separately but was deposited on the pre-existing A1N particles, thus causing them to be coarsened very rapidly with decreasing cooling rate. Formerly with the Department of Metallurgy, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England     

北极海洋平台用Q355E热轧H型钢连续冷却转变规律

在实验室利用Gleeble-3500热模拟试验机对3种Nb、V微合金化Q355E热轧H型钢进行了连续冷却转变规律测试,研究了冷却速度对试验钢组织与硬度的影响。结果表明:在冷速为0.5℃/s时,组织中开始出现贝氏体;冷速大于7℃/s时,珠光体转变即终止。在中等冷速下,Nb的加入促进了贝氏体的形成,抑制了铁素体与珠光体的形核;并且Nb的加入使铁素体转变区右移。Cr的加入降低了较高冷速下铁素体与珠光体相变点,并促进了高冷速下马氏体的形成。由于受V析出的影响,含V试验钢在冷速为1℃/s时其硬度曲线有一个"波谷"。3种试验钢的冷速在0.5~3℃/s之间时,试验钢可获得强韧性较好的细小准多边形铁素体、少量珠光体与贝氏体的复合组织。     

控制冷却对中碳高钒非调质钢组织性能的影响

 利用Gleeble- 3800热模拟试验机研究了锻后控制冷却对一种胀断连杆用中碳高钒非调质钢37MnSiVS微观组织及硬度的影响。结果表明,冷却速度对试验钢的组织性能具有显著的影响,即随着冷却速度的增加,试验钢中的珠光体体积分数和硬度均逐渐增加;当冷却速度增加到1. 5 ℃/s以上时,组织中开始出现贝氏体组织,硬度不再提高。锻造变形有助于获得细小的组织和较多的铁素体,但使钢的硬度有所降低。试验钢变形后快冷到600 ℃左右进行合适的等温处理,通过大量细小弥散的V(C,N)粒子的析出强化作用,可使试验钢的强度得到显著提高。结果表明,通过控制锻后冷却方式而控制组织及V(C,N)粒子的析出程度可实现对锻件硬度(强度)的差异化控制。     

钒钢的技术进展

 介绍了V在钢中的应用及V微合金化技术最新进展。通过含V钢中增N,利用廉价的N元素,优化了V的析出,显著提高沉淀强化效果,达到节约V用量及降低成本的目的。V-N钢中V（C,N）在奥氏体中析出,起到晶内铁素体核心作用,明显细化铁素体晶粒。V在贝氏体中的析出起到明显强化作用,提高了贝氏体的强度。V-N微合金化技术在高强度钢筋、高强度型钢、非调质钢、薄板坯连铸连轧高强度带钢等产品中获得广泛应用。     

Precipitation and fine structure in medium-carbon vanadium and vanadium/niobium microalloyed steels

Hot-rolled and continuously cooled, medium-carbon microalloyed steels containing 0.2 or 0.4 pct C with vanadium (0.15 pct) or vanadium (0.15 pct) plus niobium (0.04 pct) additions were investigated with light and transmission electron microscopy. Energy dispersive spectroscopy in a scanning transmission electron microscope was conducted on precipitates of the 0.4 pct C steel with vanadium and niobium additions. The vanadium steels contained fine interphase precipitates within ferrite, pearlite nodules devoid of interphase precipitates, and fine ferritic transformation twins. The vanadium plus niobium steels contained large Nb-rich precipitates, precipitates which formed in cellular arrays on deformed austenite substructure and contained about equal amounts of niobium and vanadium, and V-rich interphase precipitates. Transformation twins in the ferrite and interphase precipitates in the pearlitic ferrite were not observed in either of the steels containing both microalloying elements. Consistent with the effect of higher C concentrations on driving the microalloying precipitation reactions, substructure precipitation was much more frequently observed in the 0.4C-V-Nb steel than in the 0.2C-V-Nb steel, both in the ferritic and pearlitic regions of the microstructure. Also, superposition of interphase and substructure precipitation was more frequently observed in the high-C-V-Nb steel than in the similar low-C steel.     

胀断连杆用中碳非调质钢的析出强化行为

 利用金相显微镜、透射电镜及X射线衍射仪等分析了2种不同钒质量分数(0.15 %、 0.28 %)的胀断连杆用中碳非调质钢在热锻及空冷后的微合金碳氮化物析出相的成分及粒度分布等特征,并探讨了其析出强化行为。结果表明,随着钢中钒质量分数的增加,组织细化,铁素体增加,珠光体片层间距减小,同时含钒、铬的M(C,N)型析出相的数量增多。2种试验钢中分别约有质量分数48 %、64 %的钒处于M(C,N)相中,M(C,N)相中又分别有约质量分数42.6 %、56.7 %的颗粒尺寸小于10 nm,这些细小粒子主要弥散分布在铁素体内,其沉淀强化增量分别为140.0和232.6 MPa。当试验钢中钒质量分数较高时,不仅可获得与传统胀断连杆用C70S6钢相当的抗拉强度和冲击功,而且还可获得远高于C70S6钢的屈服强度和屈强比,因而适合用来制造高性能胀断连杆。     

氮在非调质钢中的作用

了氮在非调质钢中所起的有益作用。在Ｎｂ,Ｖ,Ｔｉ三咱微合金化元素中,钒有较高的溶解度,钒有较高的溶解度,是非调质钢最常用也是最有效的强化元素。钒在钢中通过形成细小析出相起细化晶粒和沉淀强化作用。与碳相比,氮与钒有更强的亲和力,且氮化物更稳定,因此,氮对控制钒的析出起更重要的作用。大量研究结果表明,非调质钢中增氮改变了钒在相间的分布,促进Ｖ（Ｃ,Ｎ）析出,使析出相的颗粒尺寸明显减小。因而氮增强了非调     

Low carbon manganese steels microalloyed with vanadium and nitrogen

With the objective of studying the effect of vanadium and nitrogen microalloying on microstructure and strength of low carbon steels with different manganese contents, three series of low carbon steels (0.1% C) with manganese content (between 0.8 and 3.5%), vanadium content (up to 0.17%) and nitrogen content (up to 0.025%) have been designed and investigated in the hot forging condition using a preheating and finish forging temperatures of 1200 and 950°C, respectively. Steels with a manganese content up to 2.3% revealed ferrite-pearlite structures, whereas higher manganese contents from 2.7 to 3.5% resulted in the formation of bainitic structures. A pronounced effect of manganese on the mechanical properties of steels was detected at lower manganese contents < 1.5%, due to solid solution and grain refining effects, and higher manganese contents > 2.3, due to bainite formation. Manganese content in the range of 1.5-2.3% had less pronounced effect due to solely solid solution hardening. Vanadium microalloying effectively increased the strength of steels through solely precipitation strengthening or both precipitation strengthening and grain refining effect. The effectiveness of vanadium was greatly enhanced by increasing the nitrogen content. The grain refinement of vanadium-nitrogen microalloying seems to be due to inhibition of austenite grain growth as a result of precipitation of vanadium nitride in austenite during forging. Precipitation strengthening of these steels is achieved by precipitation of vanadium carbide and nitride in ferrite or bainite. Nitrogen enhanced the precipitation strengthening of vanadium microalloyed steels which could be attributed to the finer vanadium nitride dispersion precipitates compared with vanadium carbide. Up to 70% of the total nitrogen content of steel precipitates as vanadium nitride which could be achieved with V/N ratio of about 6-7. Microalloying of low carbon-manganese steels (0.1% C and 1.8% Mn) with 0.15% vanadium and 0.025% nitrogen was found to be effective in attaining high levels of yield and ultimate tensile strengths of 835 and 940 N/mm², respectively in the forging condition.     

钒对高铁制动盘钢中碳化物析出及力学性能的影响

随着列车时速不断提高,制动盘承受的热负荷不断增大,这对制动盘材料提出了更高的要求.为了提高制动盘钢的机械性能及耐热疲劳性,钒元素被添加到制动盘钢中.本文研究了不同淬火温度时V含量对Cr-Mo-V系制动盘钢组织及力学性能的影响,并通过Thermo-Calc热力学软件、碳复型、透射电镜、能谱分析等方法对不同V含量时析出相的演变规律进行研究.结果表明,增加钒含量使高温析出的V（C,N）含量增加,细化奥氏体晶粒和回火马氏体组织.淬-回火态析出相主要为V（C,N）、（Mo,V）C、M₇C₃和M₂₃C₆.随钒含量增加,大尺寸M₂₃C₆和M₇C₃的析出被抑制,对韧性损害降低;小尺寸（Mo,V）C含量增多,析出强化效果增强.淬火温度为880~900℃时,增加钒含量能细化马氏体和减少大尺寸碳化物,弥补了析出强化对韧性的损害,故冲击功变化不大.淬火温度为920~940℃时,提高钒含量促使（Mo,V）C量急剧增加,冲击功快速下降.实验钢淬火温度不应超过900℃.      

铌微合金化抗震钢筋形变奥氏体连续冷却转变

 为了研究铌对高强抗震钢筋生产过程中组织转变的影响,通过热模拟试验对比研究了无铌碳素钢筋及铌微合金化钢筋(铌质量分数为0.03%)形变奥氏体在不同冷却速率下的组织和相变规律,获得动态CCT曲线。研究结果表明,添加0.03%铌使试验钢奥氏体连续冷却转变有明显变化。从连续冷却曲线(CCT)可看出,添加铌后,发生先共析铁素体、珠光体相变的冷却速度范围减小,铁素体、珠光体转变温度降低;贝氏体相变的冷却速度区间整体右移。添加铌能细化组织,各冷却速度下含铌钢的硬度均大于无铌钢。利用TEM对不同冷却速度下含铌钢中析出相进行观察,发现Nb(C,N)弥散分布于钢中,随着冷却速度的增加,析出的Nb(C,N)逐渐减少,析出相尺寸呈先减小后增大的规律,2 ℃/s冷却速度冷却得到的析出相尺寸细小且数量较多。     

控轧控冷工艺对高强度锚杆钢组织和性能的影响

随着矿井深度的增加,对锚杆支护强韧性的要求越来越高,为了应对这一情况,需要研发出更高强度的锚杆钢。利用锚杆钢研究了轧制工艺、冷却工艺与珠光体、铁素体相比例,析出相析出行为及力学性能的关系。研究结果表明,在中轧后、精轧前采用适当水冷+回复段处理的复合工艺可使晶粒更细小、组织更均匀。对超高强度锚杆钢进行热压缩变形试验,由热模拟试验结果确定相转变温度为A_c1=737 ℃、A_c3=886 ℃。最终筛选出入精轧温度为810 ℃、回复段温度为800 ℃时,可获得的晶粒尺寸达4 μm,珠光体体积分数为66.8%,铁素体体积分数为33.2%,珠光体片层间距达200 nm;另外调整V、Cr、N等析出以提高锚杆钢的强韧性,较低的回复温度有利于细小、弥散、V(C/N)析出相的析出,V(C/N)的析出可进一步改善锚杆钢的力学性能。由该控轧控冷工艺轧制的锚杆钢屈服强度为780 MPa、抗拉强度为930 MPa、硬度为291HV、伸长率为20%。     

控轧控冷工艺对高强度锚杆钢组织和性能的影响

随着矿井深度的增加,对锚杆支护强韧性的要求越来越高,为了应对这一情况,需要研发出更高强度的锚杆钢。利用锚杆钢研究了轧制工艺、冷却工艺与珠光体、铁素体相比例,析出相析出行为及力学性能的关系。研究结果表明,在中轧后、精轧前采用适当水冷+回复段处理的复合工艺可使晶粒更细小、组织更均匀。对超高强度锚杆钢进行热压缩变形试验,由热模拟试验结果确定相转变温度为A_c1=737 ℃、A_c3=886 ℃。最终筛选出入精轧温度为810 ℃、回复段温度为800 ℃时,可获得的晶粒尺寸达4 μm,珠光体体积分数为66.8%,铁素体体积分数为33.2%,珠光体片层间距达200 nm;另外调整V、Cr、N等析出以提高锚杆钢的强韧性,较低的回复温度有利于细小、弥散、V(C/N)析出相的析出,V(C/N)的析出可进一步改善锚杆钢的力学性能。由该控轧控冷工艺轧制的锚杆钢屈服强度为780 MPa、抗拉强度为930 MPa、硬度为291HV、伸长率为20%。     

氮在非调质钢中的作用

介绍了氮在非调质钢中的有益作用。非调质钢中增氮,改变了钒在相间的分布,促进Ｖ（Ｃ,Ｎ）析出,使析出相的颗粒尺寸明显减小,从而增强了钒的沉淀强化作用、大幅度提高钢的强度。氮通过促进Ｖ（Ｃ〉Ｎ）析出,有效地钉扎奥氏体－－铁素体昌细化了铁素体晶粒。增氮还可促进晶内铁素体的形成,进一步细化了铁素体组织。对微钛处理非调质钢,增氮提高了ＴｉＮ颗粒的稳定性,更有效地阻止奥氏体晶粒长大,充分利用廉价的氮元素,在保     

利用高温应力法研究Ti含量和冷却速度对中碳微合金化钢沉淀强化效应的影响

本文提出一种高温应力法测定微合金化钢中沉淀强化效应,并研究钛含量和冷却速度对中碳微合金化钢沉淀强化效应的影响。实验结果表明,高温应力法可以定性地测出单独或复合微合金化钢的沉淀强化效应,每种钢都有其最佳冷却速度,在中碳Mn-V微合金化钢中加入0.02％Ti将降低沉淀强化效应,加入0.11％Ti将明显提高沉淀强化效应,较高的氮含量(0.015％)将提高沉淀强化效应。     

增氮对钒微合金钢组织和性能的影响

 通过对不同钒、氮质量分数的试验钢进行热模拟压缩试验和实验室轧制试验,用OM、SEM和TEM分析试验钢的显微组织,研究增氮对钒微合金钢组织和性能的影响。结果表明,普通钒微合金钢为板条贝氏体＋粒状贝氏体组织,增加氮质量分数,可促进晶内铁素体相变,得到针状铁素体组织,使M/A组织细化且弥散分布,改善韧性;而增加钒质量分数,可以增加析出强化作用,提高强度,但组织形态无明显变化,不能提高韧性。增氮钢中的钒在奥氏体内以VN析出,低氮钢内的钒在铁素体内以VC的形式析出,奥氏体-铁素体、VC-铁素体和VN-铁素体的平面点阵错配度分别为6.72%、3.89% 和 1.55%,在奥氏体内析出的VN可以作为铁素体的优先形核位置,促进晶内铁素体相变。     

500 MPa级高延性方管用钢的开发及加工硬化行为

 为了开发满足二次加工性能要求的500 MPa级高延性方管用钢,采用OM、SEM和TEM等对500 MPa级高延性方管用钢制管前后的组织与性能进行分析,研究了其强化机制与加工硬化机理。结果表明,两种试验钢的组织均由铁素体和少量珠光体组成,低C-低Mn-Nb、Ti微合金化试验钢铁素体晶粒与珠光体球团尺寸更加细小,第二相析出物尺寸稍大,位错密度相似。两种试验钢制管前力学性能相似,低C-低Mn-Nb、Ti微合金化试验钢屈强比较高;制管后低C-低Mn-Nb、Ti微合金化试验钢加工硬化程度显著,屈服强度、抗拉强度分别增加了45与26 MPa,伸长率降低6.0%,高C-高Mn-Nb微合金化试验钢屈服强度、抗拉强度分别增加了22与10 MPa,伸长率降低4.0%。固溶强化与细晶强化是两种试验钢最主要的强化机制,由晶粒细化引起的强度增量占总强度的52.9%~61.8%,由固溶强化引起的强度增量占总强度的17.2%~25.3%;析出强化与位错强化对强度的贡献较小。制管后低C-低Mn-Nb、Ti微合金化试验钢位错强化增加显著,达到了82 MPa,明显高于高C-高Mn-Nb微合金化试验钢位错强化的贡献(65 MPa);对于制管用途而言,高C-高Mn-Nb微合金化试验钢制管后综合力学性能更加优异。