热处理对C12A耐热钢的组织与性能影响

通过对铸造C12A耐热钢进行热处理,观察其微观组织,测定其力学性能。试验结果表明：正（淬）火组织为板条马氏体＋部分针状马氏体＋少量残余奥氏体,其硬度比较高,塑性和韧性不是很好;正（淬）火＋回火组织为回火马氏体,其硬度不是很高,塑性和韧性比较好,具有良好的综合性能;退火组织为铁素体,其硬度低,塑性和韧性高;通过正火＋回火,研究回火温度对其微观组织和力学性能的影响。试验结果表明：回火温度对C12A钢的组织和性能有较大影响,其硬度随回火温度的升高呈先降后升趋势。     

热处理工艺对压裂泵阀体用钢4330MOD组织及性能的影响

为提高压裂泵阀体的强度和韧性,研究了不同热处理工艺对改进型4330钢组织及力学性能的影响。结果表明:4330MOD钢通过添加微合金元素及调质工艺优化能够提高强度和韧性。微合金元素Nb、V,正火+调质工艺能够降低晶粒尺寸,提高强韧性。4330MOD钢在550℃～700℃回火时,组织为回火索氏体组织,随回火温度的升高强度降低,韧性先升高后降低,在600℃～650℃回火强韧性匹配较好。4330MOD钢通过微合金元素添加及热处理工艺优化使晶粒尺寸及板条块宽度细小,大角度晶界比例高,从而提高了钢的强韧性。      

热处理工艺对连铸10CrNi3MoV钢性能的影响

针对高温热成型及正常调质处理后连铸10CrNi3MoV钢性能恶化这一问题,研究了循环/亚温淬火热处理工艺,进行了力学性能测试、显微组织观察及晶粒度评定.结果表明,采用亚温淬火( 835℃×2h+ 820℃×2h)+高温回火(630℃×3h)热处理工艺,可有效细化连铸10CrNi3MoV钢的晶粒,显著改善其低温韧性,使其...     

热处理工艺路径对9Ni低温钢组织和性能的影响

对9Ni低温钢进行淬火＋回火（QT）、淬火＋淬火＋回火（QQT）不同工艺路径的热处理试验,分析了不同热处理工艺路径下9Ni低温钢组织和性能的影响。结果表明：不同的热处理工艺路径直接影响9Ni低温铜最终的性能。相较于淬火＋回火（QT）工艺路径,采用含有两相区淬火的QQT工艺能明显提高9Ni低温铜的低温韧性,但降低强度。在淬火＋回火（QT）工艺路径下,随着回火温度的升高,9Ni钢回火析出组织更加充分均匀,其低温韧性呈上升趋势。在淬火＋淬火＋回火（QQT）工艺路径下,9Ni钢的低温韧性随两相区淬火温度的升高呈下降趋势。     

循环淬火工艺对连铸10CrNi3MoV钢组织与性能的影响

针对高温热成型及正常调质处理后结构件用连铸10CrNi3MoV钢性能恶化这一问题,采用循环淬火热处理工艺研究了力学性能、显微组织及晶粒度。结果表明,采用860℃三次循环淬火+高温回火(630℃×3 h)热处理工艺,能够有效细化连铸10CrNi3MoV钢的晶粒,改善其低温韧性,使其力学性能满足使用要求。     

Formation and evolution of layered structure in dissimilar welded joints between ferritic-martensitic steel and 316L stainless steel with fillers

Dissimilar high-energy beam (HEB) welding is necessary in many industrial applications. Different composition of heat-affected zone (HAZ) and weld metal (WM) lead to variation in mechanical properties within the dissimilar joint, which determines the performance of the welded structure. In the present study, appropriate filler material was used during electron beam welding (EBW) to obtain a reliable dissimilar joint between reduced-activation ferritic-martensitic (RAFM) steel and 316 L austenitic stainless steel. It was observed that the layered structure occurred in the weld metal with 310S filler (310S-WM), which had the inferior resistance to thermal disturbance, leading to severe hardening of 310S-WM after one-step tempering treatment. To further ameliorate the joint inhomogeneity, two-step heat treatment processes were imposed to the joints and optimized. δ-ferrite in the layered structure transformed into γ-phase in the first-step normalizing and remained stable during cooling. In the second-step of tempering, tempered martensite was obtained in the HAZ of the RAFM steel, while the microstructure of 310S-WM was not affected. Thus, the optimized properties for HAZ and 310S-WM in dissimilar welded joint was both obtained by a two-step heat treatment. The creep failure position of two dissimilar joints both occurred in CLAM-BM.     

回火方式对调质高强度钢组织和性能的影响

为改善高强度钢的塑性和韧性,对同一种低合金高强度钢进行两种不同回火方式的调质处理,淬火+缓慢加热回火的传统调质与淬火+感应加热回火的新调质工艺,分析该工艺对钢的组织与性能的影响.利用扫描电镜和透射电镜观察组织及析出物的变化,采用X射线衍射仪分析了钢中残余奥氏体体积分数.结果表明:两种工艺下,钢的组织均为板条宽300～500 nm左右的马氏体组织,感应加热回火调质工艺处理后,板条组织明显,析出物大多约为20 nm,比传统调质处理后的细小;两种不同热处理工艺均能提高钢的屈服强度.感应加热至500℃回火后试验钢具有16%以上的延伸率,-40℃冲击功达到32 J,优于传统调质工艺处理钢板的综合性能.感应加热回火能获得更多小尺寸析出物和更多的残余奥氏体,有利于改善钢的塑性和韧性.     

The effect of single and double quenching and tempering heat treatments on the microstructure and mechanical properties of AISI 4140 steel

This investigation is concerned to evaluate the effect of double quenching and tempering (DQT) with conventional quenching and tempering (CQT) heat treatment processes on microstructure and mechanical behavior of a commercially developed hot rolled AISI 4140 type steel. Comparison of microstructure and mechanical properties of DQT and CQT heat treated specimens have been established in details. Optical and scanning electron microscopies have been used to follow impurity concentration and microstructural changes, and their relation to the associated mechanical properties. The results indicate that the improvement of mechanical properties particularly impact toughness of DQT heat treated specimens is much higher than that of the CQT condition, and this observation is rationalized in terms of finer austenite grain size developed in the DQT condition providing much finer martensitic packets within the grains and a lower level of impurity concentration of sulfur (S) and phosphorus (P) near the prior austenite grain boundaries as well.     

回火温度对两相区退火海工钢组织和性能的影响

对690 MPa级海工钢进行“淬火+两相区退火+回火”三步热处理,研究了回火温度对其组织和性能的影响、分析了力学性能变化与组织演变和残余奥氏体体积分数之间的关系。结果表明：回火后实验钢的显微组织为回火贝氏体/马氏体、临界铁素体和残余奥氏体的混合组织。随着回火温度的提高贝氏体/马氏体和临界铁素体逐渐分解成小尺寸晶粒,而残余奥氏体的体积分数逐渐增加;屈服强度由787 MPa降低到716 MPa,塑性和低温韧性明显增强,断后伸长率由20.30%增至29.24%,-40℃下的冲击功由77 J提升至150 J。残余奥氏体体积分数的增加引起裂纹扩展功增大,是低温韧性提高的主要原因。贝氏体/马氏体的分解和残余奥氏体的生成,引起组织细化、晶粒内低KAM值位错的比例逐渐提高和小角度晶界峰值的频率增大,使材料的塑性和韧性显著提高。     

新型贝氏体钢的组织和冲击疲劳性能研究

通过显微组织观察和冲击疲劳实验,研究了不同热处理新型贝氏体钢的组织和冲击疲劳性能.结果表明:新型贝氏体钢正火低温回火的组织由贝氏体铁素体和奥氏体组成,淬火低温回火组织为回火马氏体和残余奥氏体,正火低温回火热处理的冲击疲劳寿命高于淬火低温回火热处理的冲击疲劳寿命.分析了多冲疲劳裂纹扩展的行为,讨论了正火低温回火提高冲击疲劳的原因.     

Enhancement of mechanical properties and failure mechanism of electron beam welded 300M ultrahigh strength steel joints

In this study, four post-weld heat treatment (PWHT) schedules were selected to enhance the mechanical properties of electron beam welded 300M ultrahigh strength steel joints. The microstructure, mechanical properties and fractography of specimens under the four post-weld heat treatment (PWHT) conditions were investigated and also compared with the base metal (BM) specimens treated by conventional quenching and tempering (QT). Results of macro and microstructures indicate that all of the four PWHT procedures did not eliminate the coarse columnar dendritic grains in weld metal (WM). Whereas, the morphology of the weld centerline and the boundaries of the columnar dendritic grains in WM of weld joint specimens subjected to the PWHT procedure of normalizing at 970 °C for 1 h followed by conventional quenching and tempering (W-N2QT) are indistinct. The width of martensite lath in WM of W-N2QT is narrower than that of specimens subjected to other PWHT procedures. Experimental results indicate that the ductility and toughness of conventional quenched and tempered joints are very low compared with the BM specimens treated by conventional QT. However, the strength and impact toughness of the W-N2QT specimens are superior to those of the BM specimen treated by conventional QT, and the ductility is only slightly inferior to that of the latter.     

Enhancement of the mechanical properties of EN52CrMoV4 spring steel by deep cryogenic treatment

The effect of the deep cryogenic treatment on the micro-structure and mechanical properties (tensile strength, toughness, residual stress and fatigue strength) of the medium carbon spring steel, which is subjected to different heat treatment steps, is investigated. Deep cryogenic treatment causes spring steel to keep compressive residual stress more efficiently due to an increase in the density of the crystalline defects, retardation in the stress relief after the phase transformations and nano-cluster carbide formations. If deep cryogenic treatment is applied before the tempering then the homogeneously distributed fine carbides form after the tempering and the grains remain relatively fine. The microstructure with homogeneously distributed fine carbides and fine grains cause spring steels to have simultaneously enhanced tensile strength, ductility and fatigue strength. If deep cryogenic treatment is applied after the conventional heat treatment (quenching+tempering), however, the coarse carbides form in the micro-structure and the improvement in the mechanical properties of the spring steel is limited.     

轧机机架衬板工作层材料热处理工艺研究

研究了热处理工艺对钢管连轧机架耐磨复合衬板工作层材料力学性能的影响。结果显示,硬度随淬火温度升高而升高,但高于900℃时,硬度反而下降;低于920℃时,冲击韧性变化不明显,高于920℃时,冲击韧性略有下降。随着回火温度升高,冲击韧性和断裂韧性提高,高于400℃时,伸长率和断面收缩率大幅度提高。但高于450℃时,硬度明显降低。耐磨性在350℃回火后达到最大值。耐磨复合衬板工作层材料的最优热处理工艺为900～920℃淬火+350～370℃回火。     

Stabilization of retained austenite by the two-step intercritical heat treatment and its effect on the toughness of a low alloyed steel

Fine film-like stable retained austenite was obtained in a Fe–0.08C–0.5Si–2.4Mn–0.5Ni in weight percent (wt.%) steel by the two-step intercritical heat treatment. The first step of intercritical annealing creates a mixed microstructure of preliminary alloy-enriched martensite and lean alloyed intercritical ferrite, which is called as “reverted structure” and “un-reverted structure”, respectively. The second step of intercritical tempering is beneficial for producing film-like stable reverted austenite along the reverted structure. The stabilization of retained austenite was studied by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), dilatometry and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. The two-step austenite reverted transformation associated with intercritical partition of C, Mn and Ni is believed to be the underlying basis for stabilization of retained austenite during the two-step intercritical heat treatment. Stable retained austenite is not only beneficial for high ductility, but also for low temperature toughness by restricting brittle fracture. With 10% (volume fraction) of retained austenite in the steel, high low temperature toughness with average Charpy impact energy of 65 J at −80 °C was obtained.     

An investigation on the microstructure and mechanical properties of direct-quenched and tempered AISI 4140 steel

Direct quenching (DQ) process is an appropriate method in steels heat treatment field. This method enhances production rate, reduces energy consumption and decreases environment contamination. In this study hot-rolled AISI 4140 steel billets with different diameters (75, 80, 85, 100, 105 and 115 mm) and 20 m length were quenched directly in a water tank. Also some samples with similar size and composition were provided by conventional reheating, quenching and tempering (RQ) heat treatment process. The quenched samples were tempered at the temperature of 630 °C for 2 h. Mechanical properties of heat treated samples including tensile strength, yield strength, elongation, hardness and impact toughness were measured. Also, the microstructure and harden-ability of this steel were investigated under various conditions and the results were compared to RQ heat treated products. The results showed that direct quenching and tempering processes (DQ–T) is due to enhance of mechanical properties such as tensile strength and harden-ability of AISI 4140 and it is affected by various parameters such as steel temperature before quenching, water temperature, quenching time and also billet size.     

Role of microstructure and testing conditions in sulphide stress cracking of X52 and X60 API steels

The resistance of X52 and X60 API steels to sulphide stress cracking (SSC) was tested by tensile tests at a constant load and also by slow strain rate tensile (SSRT) tests. Both steels were tested after hot-rolling, when they had a microstructure which consisted predominantly of ferrite and pearlite. They were then tested after laboratory quenching and tempering, when their microstructure was predominantly of tempered bainite or martensite. The results showed that the resistance of the steel to SSC depended strongly on the microstructure when it was tested under a constant load. In this case, the quenching and tempering considerably increased the resistance of the steel to SSC. The results of SSRT tests were similar regardless of the heat treatment used. Non-metallic inclusions seemed to play an important role as crack initiation sites during the SSRT tests; this may be due to the hydrogen–deformation interaction. The resistance to SSC varied as a function of the specimen's orientation during the SSRT tests. This may be related to the geometric characteristics of the non-metallic inclusions.     

Effect of microstructure on mechanical properties in 0.5 carbon-steel processed by high temperature thermomechanical treatment

The effect of microstructure on the slow bending stress and fracture energy in 0.5C-steel processed by high temperature thermomechanical treatment (processed by forging) (HTMT) was studied to understand which microstructural factors contribute to the strength and toughness of a HTMT steel. Significant improvement was achieved in the slow bending fracture energy, with moderate increase in the slow bending stress when the steel was deformed by 50% at 1473K followed by direct water quenching and subsequent tempering at 453 K. When the steel was deformed by 50% reduction at 1173 K followed by direct water quenching and subsequent tempering at 423 K, the slow bending stress significantly increased though the increase in the fracture energy was not as great as that of the 1473 K forged steel. However, an abrupt reduction occurred in the fracture energy above suitable tempering temperatures, so above these temperatures, there was little difference between the properties of the HTMT and conventional heat-treated steels. Microstructural factors contributing to the mechanical properties are discussed in terms of thin-foil transmission electron microscopy, non-isothermal dilatometry, and X-ray measurements.     

The effects of heat treatment variables on the microstructure and properties of ultra-high strength steels differing in titanium content

The influences of different austenitizing and tempering temperatures on the microstructure and properties of three experimental ultra-high strength steels (UHS) have been investigated. The steels had different Ti content and were subjected to austenitizing treatment at 900, 1000, 1100 and 1200°C followed by oil quench and tempering at 200, 300, 450 and 600 °C. It has been found that the high temperature (1100 and 1200 °C) austenitizing treatments, alter both microstructure and properties, and depending on the subsequent tempering temperature, may have a beneficial or detrimental influence upon the mechanical properties. Addition of up to 0.011 wt% Ti to the steel composition improves hardness, toughness and tensile strength. This improvement in mechanical properties is obtainable with any subsequent heat treatment. For higher Ti content (0.089 wt%), although some further improvement in hardness and tensile strength was obtained, significant degradation in toughness was achieved, particularly when the steel was subjected to high temperature austenitizing and tempering treatment.     

Q&P热处理工艺对含Cu TRIP钢组织和性能的影响

随着能源的短缺和环境污染的日益严重,汽车轻量化需求日益迫切,如何通过工艺及成分设计革新、获得兼具高强度和高塑性的钢板尤为重要.尝试将Cu作为合金元素加入TRIP钢中,采用淬火配分(QP)工艺对含Cu TRIP钢进行一步法和两步法热处理,通过拉伸试验、X射线衍射分析、扫描电镜、透射电镜等实验手段,对热处理后的组织及性能进行测试和观察,探究了不同热处理工艺对组织和性能的影响.研究结果表明:一步法处理后的显微组织为铁素体、马氏体和残余奥氏体,两步法处理后不仅包含上述3种组织,还含有贝氏体.一步法处理后,抗拉强度达2 200 MPa,拉伸延展率为15%,强塑积为33 GPa·%;两步法处理后综合力学性能优于一步法,在400℃等温5 min后,抗拉强度为1 300 MPa,拉伸延展率为43%,强塑积超过55 GPa·%.实验钢良好的综合力学性能得益于铁素体、马氏体/贝氏体和残余奥氏体的合理配比,变形过程中残余奥氏体的相变诱导塑性效应,以及马氏体位错与Cu粒子的交互作用.     

Studies on influence of reheating temperature and cooling rate on structure–property behaviour of lean chemistry HSLA-100 steel

Abstract

Simulation studies on the influence of reheating temperature on austenite grain coarsening in lean chemistry high strength low alloy (HSLA)-100 steel were carried out to establish optimum soaking temperature before hot rolling. Experiments carried out in ‘Gleeble-3500’ dynamic thermomechanical simulator revealed that prior austenite grain sizes varied between 26 and 98 and 34 and 126 μm after soaking at 1150, 1200 and 1250°C for 1 and 5 min respectively; a soaking temperature of 1200°C was found to be optimum. Simulation experiments on the influence of cooling rate on microstructural changes and dilatometric studies indicated lowering of transformation temperature with faster cooling. Microstructural examination of dilatometric samples confirmed martensitic transformation at faster cooling rate. The martensite structure is desirable to achieve better strength and toughness. The findings of simulation studies were subsequently used for standardising thermomechanical treatments of Nb–Cu bearing lean chemistry HSLA-100 steels. One laboratory heat of Cu bearing HSLA steel containing 0·028%Nb was made. This heat was hot rolled into 12·5 mm thick plate by varying finish rolling temperature in the range of 800–1000°C. The soaking temperature was maintained at 1200°C. The rolled plates were heat treated by both conventional reheat quenching and tempering (RQT) as well as direct quenching and tempering (DQT) techniques. Evaluation of mechanical properties revealed that plates processed through DQT route were superior to those processed through RQT route. Transmission electron microscopy revealed that martensite structure and finer interlath spacing in DQT plates resulted in superior strength and impact toughness properties as compared to RQT steels.