Tempering process of high strength and high toughness Cr- Mo- V bulb- flat steel

Aim at the problems that the heat treatment process of high strength and high toughness Cr- Mo- V bulb- flat steel was difficulty and the granular bainite was not fully decomposed, the influence of different tempering temperatures and tempering holding times on the microstructure and mechanical properties of high strength and high toughness Cr- Mo- V bulb- flat steel were studied by optical microscopy, SEM, TEM and mechanical property tests. The results show that the metastable granular bainite in the steel can be recovered and transformed to quasi- polygonal ferrite by tempering at temperatures above 600?? and holding for more than 2h. The large- sized and long- shaped M- A islands in the original microstructure are decomposed and transformed into granular M- A islands. With the increase of the tempering temperature, the granular bainite in the steel can be further decomposed to make the particles finer and more dispersed, which significantly improves the low- temperature toughness of the steel and obtains a good comprehensive performance. For this steel, the best heat treatment process to get good match of strength and toughness is tempering at 660-680?? and holding for 3. 0-3. 5h.