Influence of Ti on hot ductility of Nb containing HSLA steels

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The influence of a low Ti addition (～0·01%) on the hot ductility of Nb containing HSLA steels has been examined. For conventional cooling conditions in which an average cooling rate from the melting point to the test temperature was used, the ductility decreased markedly with the addition of Ti. However, when cooling conditions after melting were more in accord with the thermal heat treatment undergone by the strand during continuous casting, i.e. cooling is fast to begin with, reaches a minimum and then reheats, after which the temperature falls more slowly to the test temperature, the Ti addition was found to be beneficial.     

Influence of B and Ti on hot ductility of high Al and high Al,Nb containing TWIP steels

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The addition of ～0·002%B and ～0·04%Ti as microalloying additions to improve the poor hot ductility and high risk of cracking on continuous casting of high Al containing twinning induced plasticity (TWIP) steels has been examined. Tensile specimens were either cast in situ or heated to 1250°C before cooling at 60 K min^?1 to test temperatures in the range 700–1100°C and strained to failure at 3×10^?3 s^?1. For tensile specimens reheated to 1250°C, the presence of B with sufficient Ti to combine with all the N improved ductility over the temperature range of 700–950°C, the reduction in area (RA) values being >40%. For the higher strength more complex high Al, TWIP steels having Nb present, there was no improvement in ductility with a similar B and Ti addition, when the average cooling rate after melting to the test temperature was 60 K min^?1. Reducing the cooling rate to 12 K min^?1 resulted in the RA values being close to the minimum required to avoid transverse cracking throughout the temperature range 800–1000°C. Using these additions of B and Ti, transverse cracking was found not to be a problem when continuously casting these high Al containing TWIP steels.     

Influence of peritectic phase transformation on hot ductility of high aluminium TRIP steels containing Nb

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Increasing Al from 0·05 to 1% in Nb containing transformation induced plasticity steel resulted in deepening and considerable widening of the hot ductility trough. Further increase in the Al level to 1·5% produced a trough similar to the low Al steel but having better ductility in the temperature range of 650–800°C. This improved ductility could be ascribed to its finer austenite grain size. Nb(CN) was able to precipitate readily in these steels and was important in influencing the hot ductility of the 0·05 and 1·5%Al steel in the temperature range of 750–1000°C, with ductility improving as the particle size increased with test temperature. No AlN was found in 0·05%Al containing steel, and there was no significant dendritic precipitation of AlN in 1·5%Al containing steel, although precipitation of AlN in plate form was readily observed. In 1%Al steel, copious dendritic precipitation of AlN was present at the γ grain boundaries, leading to rock candy fracture. The poor ductility shown in 1%Al containing steel is due to a combination of this dendritic precipitation, which took place only in a steel of peritectic carbon composition, and its coarse grain size. Both low and 1·5%Al containing steels had compositions outside the peritectic range. It is strongly advised that for this type of steel, the composition should be designed to fall outside the peritectic carbon range.     

The hot ductility of Nb/V containing high Al,TWIP steels

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The hot ductility of Nb/V containing high Al, twin induced plasticity (TWIP) steels has been examined over the temperature range 650–1150°C after melting and after ‘solution treatment’. Previous work had shown that the hot ductility is poor for the 1·5 mass-%Al, TWIP steel due to precipitation of AlN at the austenite grain boundaries, the depth of the trough being similar to that for an X65 grade pipeline steel but with the trough covering a much wider temperature range. Adding Nb and V made the ductility even worse due to the additional precipitation of NbCN and VN. Very low reduction of area values, 10–20% were obtained in the temperature range 700–900°C. Increasing the cooling rate to the test temperature resulted in even worse ductility. The ductility of these steels after ‘solution treatment’ is similar to that obtained after melting but when the cast was hot rolled followed by ‘solution treatment’ and cooling to the test temperature ductility improved due to grain refinement.     

Influence of B on hot ductility of high Al,TWIP steels

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The influence of B on the hot ductility of high Al, Ti containing twinning induced plasticity (TWIP) steels has been examined. It was established that provided the B was fully protected by adding sufficient Ti to combine with all the N, then B could segregate to the austenite grain boundaries and improve ductility. This improvement was particularly marked for the temperature range of 700–900°C, the range in which the straightening operation often takes place in continuous casting. Of most importance in the present work has been the detection of B at the boundaries using a secondary ion mass spectrometry technique. The cooling rate from the reheating temperature of 1250°C to the tensile testing temperature range of 700–1200°C was 60 K min^?1, but it is likely that slower cooling rates ≤25 K min^?1, more in keeping with the secondary cooling rate on continuous casting, will give even better ductility. Ti additions in themselves are beneficial to the hot ductility of these steels as precipitation of AlN at the austenite boundaries is avoided, but only if the cooling rate is sufficiently slow to allow the TiN particles to coarsen. However, to ensure freedom from cracking, an addition of B is also required.     

Model for static recrystallisation critical temperature in microalloyed steels

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By means of hot torsion tests, the static recrystallisation critical temperature (SRCT) has been determined for 18 microalloyed steels classified into two groups. In one group the metallic microalloying element is vanadium, and in the other it is niobium. In both groups the microalloying element, carbon, and nitrogen contents vary from one steel to another. Tests have been carried out at various strains and strain rates, and recrystallisation–precipitation–time–temperature (RPTT) diagrams have been drawn for each steel in each condition. The SRCT is the asymptote of strain induced precipitation start P _s and end P _f curves, and its determination has permitted the construction of a model that quantifies the effects of all the external variables implicit in hot working such as strain and strain rate, and the internal variables such as austenite grain size and chemical composition of the steel. Hence, the influence of each of these variables has been quantified, and the model's prediction, comparing experimental values with calculated values, gives a correlation index of ～0.9.     

Hot ductility of high Al TWIP steels containing Nb and Nb-V

The hot ductility of B-Ti-Nb-high Al (1.5%Al) containing TWIP steels having Ti/N ratios mainly in excess of 3.4/1 was obtained. After soaking at 1250°C, the tensile specimens were cooled at 12 or 60°C?min^?1 to the test temperature and then strained to failure at 3?×?10^?3?s^?1. Ductility was always good (reduction of area >40%), independent of Ti/N ratio or cooling rate. The good ductility is due to B segregation strengthening the grain boundaries and the low S level (0.005%S) limiting the volume fraction of MnS inclusions and restricting AlN precipitation to the matrix. Increasing the cooling rate, higher N levels and Nb resulted in a small improvement in ductility. An addition of V to the Nb-containing steels caused a slight deterioration in the hot ductility.     

Hot ductility behaviour of high manganese steels with varying aluminium contents

The influence of aluminium on the hot ductility of high manganese steels between 700°C and Tliq has been examined, using the hot tensile test machine. Five materials with 17?wt-% [Mn], 0.3?wt-% [C] and 0–8?wt-% [Al] were cast. To detect the cause of cracking, optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy analysis of the fracture surfaces have been conducted and compared to thermodynamic modelling. By adding more than 3?wt-% [Al] the fully austenitic structure changed to a two-phase structure (δ-Fe, γ-Fe). In case of the one- and also two-phase structured materials two regions of lower ductility (<30% RA) are present. Complex (AlN) and Mn(S,Se) precipitates were formed with different cores in dependence of the [Al] content.     

Effect of Nb and C on the hot flow behavior of Nb microalloyed steels

The compressive deformation behaviors of a C–Mn steel (0.36C–1.42Mn) and two Nb microalloyed steels (0.35C–1.41Mn–0.044Nb and 0.055C–1.42Mn–0.036Nb) were investigated at the temperatures from 900 °C to 1100 °C and strain rates from 0.005 s⁻¹ to 10 s⁻¹ on Gleeble-1500 thermo-mechanical simulator. It was found that the flow stress of the C–Mn steel is the lowest among the experimental steels, indicating that Nb microalloying in HSLA steels can effectively increase the hot deformation flow stress, and the 0.055C–1.42Mn–0.036Nb steel has a higher flow stress than that of the 0.35C–1.41Mn–0.044Nb steel, indicating that C addition generates a softening effect. The flow stress constitutive equations of hot deformation were developed for the experimental steels, the activation energy Q about 360 kJ/mol for the 0.055C–1.42Mn–0.036Nb steel was higher than that for the 0.35C–1.41Mn–0.044Nb steel (347 kJ/mol) and the C–Mn steel (278 kJ/mol). Characteristic points of flow stress for the three steels were analyzed. The results showed that Nb addition can effectively increase the peak strain and the steady state strain of steels, thus delay distinctly the occurrence of dynamic recrystallization, while C addition can reduce the peak strain and the steady state strain of Nb microalloyed steels, thus promote the occurrence of dynamic recrystallization.     

Ti、Ti6Al4V和Ti6Al7Nb对成骨细胞生物活性影响的研究

研究Ti、Ti6Al4V和Ti6Al7Nb 3种钛金属表面经喷砂酸蚀处理后的表面形貌、亲水性及对成骨细胞生物活性的影响。在Ti、Ti6Al4V和Ti6Al7Nb 3种钛金属表面进行Al2O3喷砂和盐酸、硫酸混合物酸蚀的表面改性处理(SLA),通过扫描电子显微镜(scanning electron microscope,SEM)观察样品的表面形貌,通过接触角测量仪在显微镜下测量接触角的大小;将SD大鼠成骨细胞以1×104cells/m L密度接种于Ti、Ti6Al4V和Ti6Al7Nb表面后通过MTT活性实验观察成骨细胞在样品表面的增殖,通过SEM观察细胞在样品表面生长的形态,通过碱性磷酸酶(AKP)活性实验,检测成骨细胞的分化能力。Ti、Ti6Al4V和Ti6Al7Nb在经过喷砂酸蚀处理后,表面均呈现出微米级多孔形貌,3种样品均为亲水性表面;细胞在SLA处理后的Ti、Ti6Al4V和Ti6Al7Nb表面增殖良好,细胞伸展显著;其中在Ti6Al7Nb表面细胞的增殖、黏附、分化能力最强。大颗粒喷砂酸蚀技术的表面处理方法能够促进Ti、Ti6Al4V和Ti6Al7Nb的生物活性;经SLA处理的Ti6Al7Nb比Ti和Ti6Al4V表现出更好的生物学活性,成骨细胞在其表面呈现出更好的增殖、黏附及分化能力。     

Influence of P on hot ductility of high C,Al, and Nb containing steels

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Hot ductility curves for high carbon Nb and Nb free steels have been determined immediately after casting at two P levels, ~0.01% and ~0.045%. High strain rates of 0.1-0.55 s^-1 were generally used but some limited low strain rate testing at 7 × 10^-3 s ^-1 was carried out on Nb containing steels. Nb containing steels showed, as expected, worse ductility than the Nb free steel but high P level was detrimental to ductility for both steels and ductility in general was very poor. Failure was intergranular with the presence of films of a P rich phase at the boundaries in the case of the Nb free steels and in addition to this, in Nb containing steel there was a Nb rich phase. The films were thicker and more continuous in the higher P steels. It is suggested that the P rich films are probably the low melting point phase Fe₃P or Fe₃(Mn)P, which can remain liquid down to temperatures as low as 950°C. Some back diffusion of P into the grain interior is possible if the strain rate is reduced and/or at high testing temperatures during the 5 min hold prior to testing. This allowed some improvement in ductility to occur in the lower P containing steels by reducing the amount of the low melting point phase at the boundaries.     

Investigation of hot ductility in Al-killed boron steels

The influence of boron to nitrogen ratio, strain rate and cooling rate on hot ductility of aluminium-killed, low carbon, boron microalloyed steel was investigated. Hot tensile testing was performed on steel samples reheated in argon to 1300 °C, cooled at rates of 0.3, 1.2 and 3.0 °C s⁻¹ to temperatures in the range 750–1050 °C, and then strained to failure at initial strain rates of 1 × 10⁻⁴ or 1 × 10⁻³ s⁻¹. It was found that the steel with a B:N ratio of 0.19 showed deep hot ductility troughs for all tested conditions; the steel with a B:N ratio of 0.47 showed a deep ductility trough for a high cooling rate of 3.0 °C s⁻¹ and the steel with a near-stoichiometric B:N ratio of 0.75 showed no ductility troughs for the tested conditions. The ductility troughs extended from 900 °C (near the Ae₃ temperature) to 1000 or 1050 °C in the single-phase austenite region. The proposed mechanism of hot ductility improvement with increase in B:N ratio in these steels is that the B removes N from solution, thus reducing the strain-induced precipitation of AlN. Additionally, BN co-precipitates with sulphides, preventing precipitation of fine MnS, CuS and FeS, and forming large, complex precipitates that have no effect on hot ductility.     

喷砂酸蚀处理促进Ti6Al7Nb表面钙磷沉积

研究了Ti、Ti6Al4V和Ti6Al7Nb 3种钛基材料在喷砂酸蚀处理后成骨细胞在其表面生长的生物活性。通过Al2O3喷砂和盐酸、硫酸混合物酸蚀的表面改性方法,在Ti、Ti6Al4V和Ti6Al7Nb3种钛基材料表面进行喷砂酸蚀处理,通过SEM观察样品的表面形貌,样品的表面呈现出微米级多孔形貌;将样品浸入模拟体液(simulated body fluid,SBF)中浸泡7,14和21 d后通过SEM、X射线衍射仪(XRD)分析样品表面沉积物的形貌、物相,样品浸入SBF 14 d后,Ti6Al7Nb表面最先观察到表面覆盖的羟基磷灰石涂层;样品浸入SBF 21 d后,Ti、Ti6Al4V和Ti6Al7Nb表面都观察到羟基磷灰石涂层。羟基磷灰石涂层有利于促进钛基植入体与体内骨组织的骨结合,喷砂酸蚀处理的Ti6Al7Nb表现出良好的生物活性。     

Evolution of textures in hot rolled Nb - Ti and V - Nb microalloyed steels

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A considerable texture gradient in the through thickness direction was observed during hot rolling of Nb - Ti and V - Nb microalloyed steels. The most intense deformation texture for Nb- Ti steels was {113}〈110〉 at all depths, whereas for V - Nb steels the plane was shifted to {115}〈110〉 ; the angular difference between {113} and {115} is about a degree. The recrystallisation texture of austenite, {100}〈001〉 , transformed into {100} 〈011〉 component in the ferrite and indicated an increase in the intensity with increase in depth for both Nb - Ti and V - Nb steels. However, the intensity of this {100}〈011〉 texture was less for Nb - Ti steels compared to V - Nb steels at all depths. The reduced intensity of {100}〈011〉 texture in Nb -Ti steels is likely to be the reason for the superior formability and improved toughness of Nb - Ti steels as compared with V - Nb steels. The {100}〈011〉 type of texture has an undesirable effect on the edge formability of steels.     

Effect of boron on the hot ductility of 2.25Cr1Mo steel

The effect of boron on the hot ductility of 2.25Cr1Mo steel is investigated by means of a Gleeble 2000 thermomechanical simulator. There is a trough in the hot ductility–temperature curve, which is located between 1000 and 700 °C. The ductility trough shifts to lower temperatures with increasing boron content and the hot brittle range becomes shallow and narrow. In general, boron may improve the steel hot ductility in that it may retard the formation of pro-eutectoid ferrite and increase grain boundary cohesion. These effects may be related to the segregation of boron to austenite grain boundaries.     

热处理对Ti35Nb3.7Zr1.3Mo合金的组织与性能影响

依据钛合金相关设计理论设计了低弹性模量、中高强度、良好塑性的新型生物医用近β型Ti35Nb3.7Zr1.3Mo合金,研究了固溶温度和时效温度对合金组织和力学性能的影响。结果表明:随着固溶温度的升高,α相逐渐溶解,合金的强度和弹性模量尚未发生明显变化。在低温时效时析出脆性ω相;随着时效温度升高,逐渐析出α相,且α相逐渐粗化;合金的强度与弹性模量先升高,达到峰值后下降;延伸率先降低后升高。合金经750℃固溶和450℃时效后综合力学性能优良,可以满足生物植入材料力学性能的要求。     

Effects of silicon and nitrogen on hot ductility of low carbon steels

The effects of N on the hot ductility of low carbon steels have been studied with particular emphasis on the relation with Si. The ductility of Si, Al-killed steels is largely reduced by slow strain rate (10_?3–10_?4S_?1) deformation at temperatures from low temperature γ to γ/α duplex phase region (from 750 to 950 °C in this case), accompanied by ductile intergranular fracture of austenite. The cause of the loss of ductility is found to be dynamic precipitation of hexagonal close packed (hep) (Si, Al)N both on the γ grain boundaries and within the grains, and the phenomenon is largely enhanced by either increasing Si or N content. Similar phenomena, i.e. precipitation hardening-like behaviour and dependencies both of deformation conditions and of Si and N contents, are also observed in Al-free Si-killed steels. The cause of this ductility loss should be ascribed to dynamic precipitation of some kind of silicon nitride, although the precipitation has not been detected directly in all the specimens examined.     

Nb47Ti合金热变形行为及微观组织

目的 研究Nb47Ti合金在变形温度为600～750℃、应变速率为0.001～1s?1条件下的热变形行为和微观组织。方法 采用Gleeble-3500型热/力模拟试验机进行等温恒应变速率压缩实验,获得Nb47Ti合金热变形的真应力应变曲线,并利用EBSD技术手段分析热变形后的微观组织。结果 Nb47Ti合金在变形温度小于650℃、应变速率小于0.1s?1下热变形的真应力-应变曲线为动态再结晶型曲线,变形温度大于等于700℃时呈现为动态回复型曲线;峰值应力随变形温度的升高和应变速率的减小而减小;在变形温度为650℃、应变速率为0.001 s?1下热变形组织以再结晶晶粒和亚晶粒为主,随着应变速率的增大,动态再结晶晶粒不断减少,而亚晶粒和变形晶粒增多,晶粒得到显著细化。当应变速率为0.1 s?1时,随着变形温度的增加,晶粒尺寸增大,变形温度升高至750℃,热变形组织中亚晶粒所占比例高达50.5%。结论 Nb47Ti合金是温度和正应变速率敏感材料,随变形温度的升高和应变速率的增大,变形过程中动态回复软化机制更为显著,低温、高应变速率下变形获得的再结晶晶粒尺寸小。     

一种Ti—Mo—Nb—Al钛合金的热处理制度研究

通过分析一种Ｔｉ－Ｍｏ－Ｎｂ－Ａｌ钛合金棒材的室温拉伸性能，确定了该合金的最佳固溶和时效热处理制度结果表明，以８００℃固溶处理加５６０－６００℃时效处理的棒材，可以得到较好的综合拉伸性能。     

热处理对Ni47Ti44Nb9记忆合金相变温度的影响

研究了热处理对Ni47Ti44Nb9记忆合金相变温度的影响,利用示差扫描量热分析仪(DSC)和电阻-温度测量仪等实验手段观察和分析了记忆合金不同热处理后的马氏体相变温度变化.Ni47Ti44Nb9合金马氏体相变温度主要是由成分决定的,然而退火温度和冷却速度也影响Ni47Ti44Nb9合金的马氏体相变温度,退火温度越高,冷却速度越大,相变温度就越高.