基于FactSage的Fe-15Mn-8Al-0.25C低密度钢的组织及力学性能

借助FactSage数值模拟软件对Fe-(10~20)Mn-(5~10)Al-(0~0.5)C系低密度钢的凝固及冷却路径、相变及析出相进行了研究,利用FactSage软件中的FSstel数据库对该体系的垂直截面图进行计算,分析了Mn、Al及C元素对凝固及冷却过程中相变及析出相的影响,并得到了Fe-15Mn-8Al-0.25C低密度钢的平衡凝固相变路径图。结果表明,Fe-15Mn-8Al-0.25C低密度钢中热力学计算出的平衡相有液相、铁素体、奥氏体和κ-碳化物, 由1600 ℃冷却至600 ℃完整的平衡相变路径为:液相→液相+铁素体→液相+铁素体+奥氏体→铁素体+奥氏体→铁素体+奥氏体+κ-碳化物。C和Mn含量的增加可扩大Fe-15Mn-8Al-0.25C低密度钢奥氏体相区,Al元素增加缩小奥氏体相区。κ-碳化物的析出温度随着Al与C含量的增加而升高,Al与C元素均可促进κ-碳化物析出。Fe-15Mn-8Al-0.25C低密度钢800 ℃时效3 h后的抗拉强度为602 MPa,屈服强度为520 MPa,断后伸长率为28.6%,时效5 h后的抗拉强度为729 MPa,屈服强度为685 MPa,断后伸长率为22.4%,随着时效时间增加,试验钢的强度增加,断后伸长率降低。Fe-15Mn-8Al-0.25C低密度钢的密度为6.99 g/cm³,相比普通钢材减重效果达10.4%。     

Microstructural analysis of cracking phenomenon occurring during cold rolling of (0.1~0.7)C-3Mn-5Al lightweight steels

An investigation was conducted into the cracking phenomenon occurring during the cold rolling of lightweight steel plates. Four steels of varying C contents were fabricated and steel plates containing C contents of 0.5wt% or higher were cracked during the initial stage of the cold rolling. The steels were basically composed of ferrite grains and -carbides in a band shape, but the volume fraction and thickness of κ-carbide band increased as the C content increased. Microstructural observation of the deformed region of fractured tensile specimens revealed that deformation bands were homogeneously formed in wide areas of ferrite matrix in the steels containing C contents of 0.3 wt% or lower, while κ-carbide bands were hardly deformed or cracked. In the steels containing high C contents of 0.5 wt% or higher, on the other hand, microcracks were initiated mostly at fine proeutectoid ferrite located within κ-carbide bands, and were grown further to coalesce with other microcracks to form long cracks. To prevent the cracking, thus, the proeutectoid ferrite should be minimized by the hot rolling in the (α+γ) two phase region. As practical methods, the content of C below 0.5% or Al above 5% was suggested to expand the (α+γ) phase region.     

Effects of aluminum content on cracking phenomenon occurring during cold rolling of three ferrite-based lightweight steel

The effects of Al content on cracking phenomena occurring during cold rolling of ferritic lightweight steels were investigated in relation to microstructural modification including κ-carbides. Three steels were fabricated, varying the Al content between 4 and 6 wt.%, and the center and edge areas of steel sheets containing 6 wt.% Al were cracked during cold rolling. The three steels were composed of ferrite grains and κ-carbides in a banded shape, and the overall volume fraction of κ-carbide increased with increasing Al content. The shape of lamellar κ-carbides inside κ-carbide bands was changed from short and thin to long and thick. Microstructural observation of the deformed region of fractured tensile specimens revealed that deformation bands were homogeneously formed in wide areas of ferrite matrix in the steels containing 4–5 wt.% Al, and κ-carbide bands and boundary κ-carbides were hardly cracked. In the steel containing 6 wt.% Al, however, microcracks were initiated at grain boundary κ-carbides and long lamellar κ-carbides inside κ-carbide bands. They led to the center or edge cracking during cold rolling. To prevent or minimize cracking, it was necessary to avoid the lengthening or thickening of lamellar κ-carbides. Therefore, it was recommended that the steels should be rapidly cooled from the finish rolling temperature to the coiling temperature through the formation temperature of κ-carbide.     

不同镍含量奥氏体基低密度热轧钢的组织与力学性能

研究了3种Fe-18Mn-10Al-1C-(0, 3, 5)Ni-0.08V-0.03Nb(wt%)奥氏体基低密度双相钢在热轧后的组织和力学性能。结果表明,热轧后,试验钢的组织由拉长的奥氏体、条带状B2相及沿再结晶奥氏体晶粒晶界处的块状B2颗粒组成。此外,在奥氏体晶粒和B2颗粒中分别形成了纳米级κ-碳化物和DO₃相。5Ni钢屈服强度高达1352 MPa,这主要是由于奥氏体晶界存在大量纳米级别的B2颗粒以及VC相产生析出强化效果。随着Ni含量的增加,钢的强度与硬度均增加,5Ni钢屈服强度比0Ni钢高116 MPa,归因于5Ni钢中更多的B2相含量(16.9%)。但含Ni钢在强度增加的同时,极大损失了塑性,导致钢的伸长率极低,分析其原因为条带状B2相主要分布在奥氏体晶界处,试样在变形过程中裂纹更易沿晶界断裂,断口有分层现象。     

固溶和时效处理对Fe-Mn-Al-C轻质钢组织和硬度的影响

采用 X 射线衍射仪(XRD)、光学显微镜 (OM)、扫描电镜(SEM)和布氏硬度计等对固溶时效处理后Fe-Mn-Al-C轻质钢的显微组织和硬度进行表征分析。结果表明,随着固溶温度的升高,试验钢中奥氏体晶粒尺寸逐渐增大,在1050 ℃时,晶粒尺寸为50~200 μm,而随着时效温度的升高,奥氏体晶粒长大不明显,奥氏体基体中出现κ-碳化物和VC等第二相。随着时效温度的升高,试验钢中第二相的析出形貌逐渐由零星点状式到片状聚集式,再到链状形态分布在奥氏体基体内。试验钢的硬度随着固溶温度的升高和时效温度的降低,分别呈降低和增加的趋势。     

Direct evidence for the formation of ordered carbides in a ferrite-based low-density Fe–Mn–Al–C alloy studied by transmission electron microscopy and atom probe tomography

We study the structure and chemical composition of the κ-carbide formed as a result of isothermal transformation in an Fe–3.0Mn–5.5Al–0.3C alloy using transmission electron microscopy and atom probe tomography. Both methods reveal the evolution of κ-particle morphology as well as the partitioning of solutes. We propose that the κ-phase is formed by a eutectoid reaction associated with nucleation growth. The nucleation of κ-carbide is controlled by both the ordering of Al partitioned to austenite and the carbon diffusion at elevated temperatures.     

Phase Transformations of an Fe-0.85 C-17.9 Mn-7.1 Al Austenitic Steel After Quenching and Annealing

Low-density Mn-Al steels could potentially be substitutes for commercial Ni-Cr stainless steels. However, the development of the Mn-Al stainless steels requires knowledge of the phase transformations that occur during the steel making processes. Phase transformations of an Fe-0.85 C-17.9 Mn-7.1 Al (wt.%) austenitic steel, which include spinodal decomposition, precipitation transformations, and cellular transformations, have been studied after quenching and annealing. The results show that spinodal decomposition occurs prior to the precipitation transformation in the steel after quenching and annealing at temperatures below 1023 K and that coherent fine particles of L1₂-type carbide precipitate homogeneously in the austenite. The cellular transformation occurs during the transformation of high-temperature austenite into lamellae of austenite, ferrite, and kappa carbide at temperatures below 1048 K. During annealing at temperatures below 923 K, the austenite decomposes into lamellar austenite, ferrite, κ-carbide, and M₂₃C₆ carbide grains for another cellular transformation. Last, when annealing at temperatures below 873 K, lamellae of ferrite and κ-carbide appear in the austenite.     

FeMnAlC低密度钢中κ-碳化物形成机理

FeMnAlC钢是一种新型的高强低密度钢,较高的合金元素含量使其组织性能具有较大的调控空间。κ-碳化物是钢中特有析出相,其析出位置和大小对FeMnAlC钢的性能有极大影响,合理地调控κ-碳化物的析出可以有效地提高钢的强度,并具有较高的塑性和韧性。对FeMnAlC钢中κ-碳化物的形成机理进行总结,并结合不同冷速和短时时效试验探究κ-碳化物的形貌特征以及调控方法。结果表明:κ-碳化物调幅分解产生,结构与基体共格,会随着时效时间的延长和温度的提高粗化。Si、Ni元素会促进κ-碳化物析出,Mo、Cr等元素会抑制κ-碳化物析出。     

Effect of Aging Isothermal Time on the Microstructure and Room-Temperature Impact Toughness of Fe–24.8Mn–7.3Al–1.2C Austenitic Steel with κ-Carbides Precipitation

The microstructure and impact toughness of the as-cast Fe–24.8Mn–7.3Al–1.2C austenitic steel after solution treatment and subsequent aging treatment were investigated in the present work. Research on the κ-carbides precipitation behavior was carried out by transmission electron microscope. The results show that nano-sized coherent κ-carbides were obtained in the as-solutionized steel after aging treatment, which produced precipitation hardening. After being aging treated at 550 °C for 1 h, the steel with regular hexagonal grain structure exhibited a good combination of yield strength (~?574 MPa) and room-temperature impact toughness (~?168 J). In the present steel, the typical cube-on-cube orientation relationship between austenite and κ-carbides was observed. However, due to the long aging isothermal time and high C content, the coarse intergranular κ′-carbide was formed and grew along the austenite grain boundary, which caused this orientation relationship to be destroyed and a dramatical increase of the coherency strain energy at grain boundary. Furthermore, serious embrittlement of grain boundaries caused that cleavage cracks trend to propagate along the grain boundaries. Accordingly, the room-temperature impact toughness decreased sharply. After aging isothermal time prolonging to 13 h, the Charpy V-notch impact toughness was only ~?5 J and fracture mode turned to fully brittle fracture accompanied with flat facets, shear cracks and well-developed secondary crack.     

变形条件和冷却速率对低碳含Nb钢的相变及纳米析出的影响

利用Gleeble 3800热模拟试验机,研究了奥氏体再结晶和未再结晶组织对低碳含Nb钢连续冷却转变行为的影响,并对不同变形温度及冷却速率下Nb(C, N)的纳米析出行为进行了研究。结果表明,未再结晶区奥氏体的变形能够为多边形铁素体提供更多的相变形核点,扩大铁素体相变区,并且能够细化铁素体晶粒;相比于再结晶区1050℃单道次变形,未再结晶区的第二道次变形能够促进Nb(C, N)的析出,其中910℃变形时Nb(C, N)的析出量最多,850℃次之;冷却速率的增大能够抑制Nb(C, N)在奥氏体中的析出,但能够促进其在铁素体中析出;对于本试验钢,10℃/s的冷却速率即可抑制Nb(C, N)的析出;Nb(C, N)的析出粒子平均粒径随着冷却速率的增加而减小。     

等温淬火球铁(ADI)的微观组织与力学性能

ADI的显微组织由奥氏体加上针状铁素体的混合组织组成。其每一束针状铁素体由许多位相相同,厚度大约200 nm的薄铁素体片组成。其奥氏体有两种形态:一种是存在于针状铁素体之间的近似于等轴形的块状奥氏体;一种是存在于针状铁素体内的薄条形奥氏体。从晶粒尺寸数量级来说,针状铁素体的厚度约为200 nm,而铁素体内奥氏体的厚度仅为几到10 nm数量级。金属强化的几种主要方式,细晶强化、位错强化、晶界与亚结构强化、第二相强化、固溶强化等都在ADI得到了体现。正是由于ADI这种特有的微观组织使其具有了优越的力学性能。     

双相不锈钢2205热变形行为的实验

利用扫描电镜的EBSD技术,通过对单道次压缩热模拟实验后淬火试样组织的深入系统分析,研究了2205双相不锈钢热变形过程中的软化行为。研究结果表明,2205双相不锈钢的主要软化机制为铁素体的连续动态再结晶和奥氏体与铁素体之间的相转变,变形速率为主要影响参数,并通过影响应变在两相之间的分配控制组织在变形过程中的软化进程。变形速率很小时,铁素体的动态再结晶和铁素体向奥氏体的相转变是互为竞争的两个软化机制;随着变形速率的增加,主导软化机制转变为铁素体的动态再结晶和奥氏体相向铁素体相的转变。     

核级316H管道熔敷金属蠕变性能表征

文中通过开展核级316H管道熔敷金属在525℃不同应力下的蠕变试验,对熔敷金属蠕变后的析出相演变、蠕变损伤机理和断裂机制进行研究.结果表明,316H熔敷金属的蠕变曲线由瞬时蠕变阶段、稳态蠕变阶段和加速蠕变阶段组成,其高温蠕变机制为幂律蠕变.在蠕变断裂后的熔敷金属内部发现三种析出相:在δ铁素体内部析出的具有强化作用的Laves相,在δ铁素体与奥氏体界面析出的促进空洞形核长大的σ相和链状M₂₃C₆. 在σ相和链状M₂₃C₆附近区域产生的蠕变空洞是蠕变失效的主要原因.在断口处观察到大小均匀的等轴韧窝,说明熔敷金属的断裂机制为韧性断裂.     

低碳-硅-锰系TRIP钢的组织演变规律研究

采用彩色金相、SEM、TEM和X射线衍射技术研究了低碳-硅-锰TRJP钢在单向拉伸状态下的组织演变规律.结果表明,TRIP钢变形前的组织为F、B和残余奥氏体,经拉伸变形后部分残余奥氏体在应变作用下转变为孪晶结构的马氏体,提高了钢的强度;TRIP钢的断裂为韧性断裂,位于F晶界处的残余奥氏体发生相变从而松弛了应力,延缓了断裂的产生,使TRIP钢板获得高塑性.     

变形温度对形变强化相变完成时临界应变量的影响

利用“形变强化相变”机制研究了低碳钢过冷奥氏体在740℃和780℃,10s-1变形时的变形温度对相变完成时临界应变量εc的影响。结果表明,变形温度对εc和组织演变的影响很大。在740℃和780℃变形时,εc分别为0.96和1.39,变形温度降低明显促进了相变。变形温度对εc的影响在组织演变上主要表现为铁素体形核地点的不同。740℃变形时,铁素体由奥氏体晶界形核过渡到以形变带形核为主,形核速率极高;780℃变形时,铁素体由奥氏体晶界形核过渡到在铁素体/奥氏体相界面前沿高畸变区快速形核。     

21Cr节镍型双相不锈钢高温形变过程的静态软化分析

采用热模拟研究了21Cr双相不锈钢在高温变形道次间隔时间内的静态软化行为,讨论了变形温度、应变速率和变形程度对静态再结晶行为及微观组织的影响。结果表明,变形条件通过影响两相内部应变分配进一步影响双相不锈钢静态软化行为。随着变形温度和变形程度增加,铁素体相内承担的应变增加,铁素体内部再结晶程度增加,促进双相不锈钢的静态软化程度增加;而随着应变速率的增加,试验钢静态软化率的变化规律与奥氏体相承担的应变变化规律相同,都呈现出先降低后升高的变化趋势,奥氏体相在应变速率为1 s^-1时的内部再结晶程度最低。21Cr双相不锈钢静态再结晶激活能约为301 kJ/mol。     

等温淬火球铁的微观组织与力学性能

等温淬火球铁的显微组织由奥氏体加针状铁素体的混合组织组成。其每一束针状铁素体由许多位相相同，厚度大约200纳米的薄铁素体片组成。其奥氏体有两种形态：一种是存在于针状铁素体之间的近似于等轴形的块状奥氏体：一种是存在于针状铁素体之内的薄片形奥氏体。从晶粒尺寸数量级来说，针状铁素体的厚度约为200纳米，而铁素体内奥氏体的厚度仅为几到10纳米数量级。金属强化的几种主要方式：细晶强化，位错强化，晶界与亚结构强化，第二相强化，固溶强化，细晶强化以及TRIP强化等都在等温淬火球铁中得到了体现。正是由于等温淬火球铁这种特有的微观组织使其具有了优黻的力学性能。     

变形条件对Mn-Cr齿轮钢连续冷却相变的影响

使用Gleeble 1500热模拟实验机研究了Mn—Cr齿轮钢在奥氏体再结晶区不同温度变形后的连续冷却相变行为及相变组织．实验结果表明,变形温度降低,促进了多边形铁索体及珠光体相变,获得多边形铁索体加珠光体混合组织的临界冷速增大．贝氏体与针状铁索体之间存在相互竞争机制,随着变形温度及冷速的降低,大量的晶界仿晶型铁索体占据了奥氏体晶界,中温相变产物由贝氏体向针状铁索体转变．降低变形温度,奥氏体在中温相变区稳定性增加,相变结束温度下降,室温组织中马氏体／奥氏体岛的数量增多．     

Effect of silicon and prior deformation of austenite on isothermal transformation in low carbon steels

Isothermal transformation (TTT) behavior of the low carbon steels with two Si con-tents (0.50 wt pct and 1.35 wt pct) was investigated with and without the prior deformation. The results show that Si and the prior deformation of the austenite have significant effects on the transformation of the ferrite and bainite. The addition of Si refines the ferrite grains, accelerates the polygonal ferrite transformation and the formation of M/A constituents, leading to the improvement of the strength. The ferrite grains formed under the prior deformation of the austenite become more ho-mogeneous and refined. However, the influence of deformation on the tensile strength of both steels is dependent on the isothermal temperatures. Thermodynamic calcu-lation indicates that Si and prior deformation reduce the incubation time of both ferrite and bainite transformation, but the effect is weakened by the decrease of the isothermal temperatures.