718 H Pre-ha rdened mold steels with diffe rent Rare Earth(RE) contents were prepared to investigate the influence of RE on microstructure evolution and mechanical properties through a series of experiments and theore...718 H Pre-ha rdened mold steels with diffe rent Rare Earth(RE) contents were prepared to investigate the influence of RE on microstructure evolution and mechanical properties through a series of experiments and theoretical analysis.The results indicated that the toal oxygen(T.O) content decreased from 15 ppm to 6 ppm with 0.022 wt% RE addition,which is attributed to the active chemical properties of RE elements.For test steels,RE additions of 0.012 wt% and 0.022 wt% were significantly effective for refining inclusions by eliminating 11.5% large-sized inclusions with diameter exceeding 10 μm compared with that of ORE steel.RE addition contributed to modify irregular MnS and Al2 O3 inclusions into ellipsoidal RE-inclusions(RE2 O,RES,RE2 O2 S and REAlO3).The purification of molten steel and the modification of inclusions by RE treatment have significant effects on improvement of the fatigue crack growth tests(FCG) inhibition ability and impact energy as well as the isotropy.However,excessive addition of RE elements(0.07 wt%)seriously reduced the impact energy,ultimate tensile strength and FCG inhibition ability due to rapidly increase of the volume fraction of large-sized inclusions.In addition to the inclusions formed by RE treatment,trace solid solution RE atoms improve the stability of undercooled austenite,resulting in the transformation region of bainite and perlite of 0.07 RE steel shifting to the bottom right and prolonging the incubation period compared with that of ORE steel.展开更多
The effects of different contents of vanadium(V)(0.1,0.2,and 0.3 wt%)on the microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of 718H steel were investigated.The precipitate was characterized by means of atom probe t...The effects of different contents of vanadium(V)(0.1,0.2,and 0.3 wt%)on the microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of 718H steel were investigated.The precipitate was characterized by means of atom probe tomography(APT)and bright-field transmission electron microscopy(TEM).The increase in V content has great benefits for strength,but has an adverse effect on impact toughness.The strength increase can be attributed to the influence of V addition on dislocation density,misorientation gradient,and fine scale MC precipitates.Precipitation strengthening mainly contributes to the V-added steel by analyzing various strengthening mechanisms.However,fine scale MC precipitates can pin dislocation leading to a decrease in its mobility.A large number of immovable dislocations will increase the dislocation accumulation,internal stress and brittle cracking,resulting in a gradual decrease in impact toughness with the V addition.In addition,compared with V-free steel,the dissolved V content in austenite decreases the grain boundary energy and inhibits the diffusion of the C atoms,ultimately reducing the transformation range of pearlite(P).展开更多
基金financially supported by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2019M661153)National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51701225)Project to Strengthen Industrial Development at the Grass-roots Level (No. TC190A4DA/35)。
文摘718 H Pre-ha rdened mold steels with diffe rent Rare Earth(RE) contents were prepared to investigate the influence of RE on microstructure evolution and mechanical properties through a series of experiments and theoretical analysis.The results indicated that the toal oxygen(T.O) content decreased from 15 ppm to 6 ppm with 0.022 wt% RE addition,which is attributed to the active chemical properties of RE elements.For test steels,RE additions of 0.012 wt% and 0.022 wt% were significantly effective for refining inclusions by eliminating 11.5% large-sized inclusions with diameter exceeding 10 μm compared with that of ORE steel.RE addition contributed to modify irregular MnS and Al2 O3 inclusions into ellipsoidal RE-inclusions(RE2 O,RES,RE2 O2 S and REAlO3).The purification of molten steel and the modification of inclusions by RE treatment have significant effects on improvement of the fatigue crack growth tests(FCG) inhibition ability and impact energy as well as the isotropy.However,excessive addition of RE elements(0.07 wt%)seriously reduced the impact energy,ultimate tensile strength and FCG inhibition ability due to rapidly increase of the volume fraction of large-sized inclusions.In addition to the inclusions formed by RE treatment,trace solid solution RE atoms improve the stability of undercooled austenite,resulting in the transformation region of bainite and perlite of 0.07 RE steel shifting to the bottom right and prolonging the incubation period compared with that of ORE steel.
基金financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2016YFB0300401)supported by Cooperation Program of Hubei province and Chinese Academy of Sciences (The Research and Development of Key Technologies for Special Steel of Homogeneous High Performance)
文摘The effects of different contents of vanadium(V)(0.1,0.2,and 0.3 wt%)on the microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of 718H steel were investigated.The precipitate was characterized by means of atom probe tomography(APT)and bright-field transmission electron microscopy(TEM).The increase in V content has great benefits for strength,but has an adverse effect on impact toughness.The strength increase can be attributed to the influence of V addition on dislocation density,misorientation gradient,and fine scale MC precipitates.Precipitation strengthening mainly contributes to the V-added steel by analyzing various strengthening mechanisms.However,fine scale MC precipitates can pin dislocation leading to a decrease in its mobility.A large number of immovable dislocations will increase the dislocation accumulation,internal stress and brittle cracking,resulting in a gradual decrease in impact toughness with the V addition.In addition,compared with V-free steel,the dissolved V content in austenite decreases the grain boundary energy and inhibits the diffusion of the C atoms,ultimately reducing the transformation range of pearlite(P).
