Critical cooling rate on carbide precipitation during quenching of austenitic manganese steel

Critical cooling rate to avoid carbide precipitation during quenching of austenitic manganese steel was investigated by means of optical microscopy,image analyzer and numerical analysis.An efficient heat treatment analysis program including temperature-dependent material properties was developed for the prediction of cooling rate and probability of carbide precipitation during quenching by finite difference method.Time-dependent heat transfer coefficient was adopted to achieve more precise results.Area ratio of carbide precipitation was measured by image analyzer to determine the critical point of carbide precipitation.Temperature-dependent critical cooling rate at that point was calculated by the developed numerical program.Finally,the probability of carbide precipitation on the whole area of specimen can be predicted by the proposed numerical program and the numerical result of a specimen was compared with the experimental result.

Influence of impact energy on work hardening ability of austenitic manganese steel and its mechanism

To further understand the hardening mechanism of austenitic manganese steel under actual working conditions, the work hardening ability was studied and the microstructures of austenitic manganese steel were observed under different impact energies. The work hardening mechanism was also analyzed. The results show that the best strain hardening effect could be received only when the impact energy reaches or exceeds the critical impact energy. The microstructural observations reveal that dislocations, stacking faults and twins increase with raising impact energy of the tested specimens. The hardening mechanism changes at different hardening degrees. It is mainly dislocation and slip hardening below the critical impact energy, but it changes to the twinning hardening mechanism when the impact energy is above the critical impact energy.

Mechanism of Work-hardening for Austenitic Manganese Steel under Non-severe Impact Loading Conditions

The effect of C,Mn and heat-treatment on work-hardening of austenitic Mn steel and the work-hardening mechanism have been investigated under non-severe impact loading condition.The results show that the ability of work-hardening in- creases with the increase of C and aging tempera- ture but decreases with Mn.The work-hardening with high austenitic stability results mainly from dislocations,and that with low austenitic stability results mainly from combined effects of strain-in- duced martensite and high density of dislocations under non-severe impact loading conditions.The wear resistance of medium manganese steel (Mn7) is 1.64-2.46 times that of Hadfield steel (Mnl3).

Austenite Grain Refinement by Reverse α′→γ Transformation in Metastable Austenitic Manganese Steel

Microstructure of metastable austenitic manganese steel after reverse transformation treatment was investi gated using optical microscopy, X ray diffraction （XRD）, electrical resistivity and hardness testing. Austenite grain refinement was successfully achieved by a two-step heat treatment. First, martensite was produced by cooling the so- lution-treated samples to --196 ℃. Then, the deep cryogenic treated samples were heated to 850 ℃ upon slow or rapid heating. The mean size of original austenite grain was about 400 fire. But the mean size of equiaxed reversion austenite was refined to 50 μm. Microstructure evolution and electrical resistivity change showed that martensite plates underwent tempering action upon slow heating, and the residual austenite was decomposed, resulting in the formation of pearlite nodules at the austenite grains boundaries. The refinement mechanism upon slow heating is the diffusion-controlled nucleation and growth of austenite. However, the reverse transformation upon rapid heating was predominated by displacive manner. The residual austenite was not decomposed. The plate α-phase was carbon-super- saturated until the starting of reverse transformation. The reverse transformation was accompanied by surface effect, resulting in the formation of plate austenite with high density dislocations. The refinement mechanism upon rapid heating is the recrystallization of displacive reversed austenite.

Microstructure Refinement and Property Improvement of Metastable Austenitic Manganese Steel Induced by Electropulsing

Grain refinement efficiency of electropulsing treatment （EPT） for metastable austenitic manganese steel was investigated. The mean grain size of original austenite is 300 ptm. However, after EPT, the microstructure ex hibits a bimodal grain size distribution, and nearly 70vol. % grains are less than 60 /Lm. The refined austenite results in ultrafine martensitic microstrncture. The tensile strengths of refined austenitic and martensitic microstructures were improved from 495 to 670, and 794 to 900 MPa respectively. The fine grained materials possess better fracture toughness. The work hardening capacity and wear resistance of the refined austenitic microstructure are improved. The reasonable mechanism of grain refinement is the combination of accelerating new phase nucleation and restraining the growth of neonatal austenitic grain during reverse transformation and rapid recrystallization induced by electropulsing.

Modifying Effect of Rare Earths and Titanium on Austenitic Manganese Steel

By means of thermodynamic calculations, optical microscope, sweep electron microscope(SEM), transimssion electron microscope(TEM) and microcomposition detection, the modifying effect of RE and Ti on austenitic manganese steel was investigated The results show that the constitutional supercooling of austenitic manganese steel during solidification can be improved and the dendritic crystals can be grown facilely, melted, isolated and multiplied by adding RE(Ce) In the melt the alloying elements Ti and C can form TiC directly which acts as nucleus of cementite and causes both primary and eutectic cementite to be granulated and refined so that the cementite network in this steel can be eliminated

Influence of welding parameters on nitrogen content in welding metal of 32Mn-7Cr-1Mo-0.3N austenitic steel

The transfer behavior of nitrogen into the welding metal during gas tungsten arc welding process of 32Mn-7Cr-1Mo-0.3N steel was investigated. The effects of gas tungsten arc welding process variables, such as the volume fraction of nitrogen in shielding gas, arc holding time and arc current on the nitrogen content in the welding metal were also evaluated. The results show that the volume fraction of nitrogen in gas mixture plays a major role in controlling the nitrogen content in the welding metal. It seems that there exhibits a maximum nitrogen content (depending) on the arc current and arc holding time. The optimum volume fraction of nitrogen in shielding gas is 4% or so. The role of gas tungsten arc welding processing parameters in controlling the transfer of nitrogen is further (confirmed) by the experimental results of gas tungsten arc welding process with feeding metal.

Variation in retained austenite content and mechanical properties of 0.2C–7Mn steel after intercritical annealing

The effects of annealing time and temperature on the retained austenite content and mechanical properties of 0.2C-7Mn steel were studied.The retained austenite content of 0.2C-7Mn steel was compared with that of 0.2C-5Mn steel.It is found that 0.2C-7Mn steel exhibits a similar variation trend of retained austenite content as 0.2C-5Mn steel.However,in detail,these trends are different.0.2C-7Mn steel contains approximately 7.5vol%retained austenite after austenitization and quenching.The stability of the reversed austenite in 0.2C-7Mn steel is lower than that in 0.2C-5Mn steel;in contrast,the equilibrium reversed austenite fraction of 0.2C-7Mn steel is substantially greater than that of 0.2C-5Mn steel.Therefore,the retained austenite content in 0.2C-7Mn steel reaches 53.1vol%.The tensile results show that long annealing time and high annealing temperature may not favor the enhancement of mechanical properties of 0.2C-7Mn steel.The effect of retained austenite on the tensile strength of the steel depends on the content of retained austenite;in contrast,the 0.2%yield strength linearly decreases with increasing retained austenite content.

Micromechanical modeling of polycrystalline high manganese austenitic steel subjected to abrasive contact

This study focuses on microstructural and micromechanical modeling of abrasive sliding contacts of wear-resistant Hadfield steel.3 D finite element representation of the microstructure was employed with a crystal plasticity model including dislocation slip,deformation twinning,and their interactions.The results showed that deformation twinning interacting with dislocations had a key role in the surface hardening of the material,and it was also important for the early hardening process of the sub-surface grains beyond the heavily distorted surface grains.The effects of grain orientation and microstructural features were discussed and analyzed according to the micromechanical model to give a perspective to the anisotropy of the material and the feasibility of using micromechanics in virtual material design.

High-temperature Oxidation Behavior of a High Manganese Austenitic Steel Fe–25Mn–3Cr–3Al–0.3C–0.01N

In this paper, a Fe-Mn-Al-C austenitic steel with certain addition of Cr and N alloy was used as experimental material. By using the SETSYS Evolution synchronous differential thermal analysis apparatus, the scanning electron microscope （SEM）, the electron microprobe （EPMA） and the X-ray diffraction （XRD）, the high-temperature oxidation behavior microstructure and the phase compositions of this steel in air at 600-1,000 ℃ for 8 h have been studied. The results show that in the whole oxidation temperature range, there are three distinct stages in the mass gain curves at temperature higher than 800 ℃ and the oxidation process can be divided into two stages at temperature lower than 800 ℃. At the earlier stage the gain rate of the weight oxidized in temperature range of 850 ℃ to 1,000 ℃ are extremely lower. The oxidation products having different surface microstructures and phase compositions were produced in oxidation reaction at different temperatures. The phase compositions of oxide scale formed at 1,000 ℃ are composed of Fe and Mn oxide without Cr. However, protective film of Cr oxide with complicated structure can be formed when the oxidation temperature is lower than 800 ℃.

Analysis on Shear Deformation for High Manganese Austenite Steel during Hot Asymmetrical Rolling Process Using Finite Element Method

Based on the rigid-plastic finite element method（FEM）, the shear stress field of deformation region for high manganese austenite steel during hot asymmetrical rolling process was analyzed. The influences of rolling parameters, such as the velocity ratio of upper to lower rolls, the initial temperature of workpiece and the reduction rate, on the shear deformation of three nodes in the upper, center and lower layers were discussed. As the rolling parameters change, distinct shear deformation appears in the upper and lower layers, but the shear deformation in the center layer appears only when the velocity ratio is more than 1.00, and the absolute value of the shear stress in this layer is changed with rolling parameters. A mathematical model which reflected the change of the maximal absolute shear stress for the center layer was established, by which the maximal absolute shear stress for the center layer can be easily calculated and the appropriate rolling technology can be designed.