Investigating nano-precipitation in a V-containing HSLA steel using small angle neutron scattering
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Interphase precipitation (IPP) of nanoscale carbides in a vanadium-containing high-strength low-alloy steel has been investigated. Small angle neutron scattering (SANS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were employed to characterize the precipitates and their size distributions in Fe-0.047C-0.2V-1.6Mn (in wt.%) alloy samples which had been austenitized, isothermally transformed at 700 °C for between 3 and 600 min and water quenched. TEM confirms that, following heat treatment, rows of vanadium-containing nanoscale interphase precipitates were present. Model-independent analysis of the nuclear SANS signal and model fitting calculations, using oblate spheroid and disc-shapes, were performed. The major axis diameter increased from 18 nm after 3 min to 35 nm after 600 min. Precipitate volume percent increased from 0.09 to 0.22 vol% over the same period and number density fell from 2 × 1021 to 5 × 1020 m−3. A limited number of measurements of precipitate maximum diameters from TEM images showed the mean value increased from 8 nm after 5 min to 28 nm after 600 min which is in reasonable agreement with the SANS data.
Date Issued
2018-02-15
Date Acceptance
2017-11-19
Citation
Acta Materialia, 2018, 145, pp.84-96
ISSN
1359-6454
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
84
End Page
96
Journal / Book Title
Acta Materialia
Volume
145
Copyright Statement
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
Materials Science
Microalloyed steel
Precipitation
Small angle scattering
Transmission electron microscopy
NANOMETER-SIZED CARBIDES
LOW-CARBON STEELS
MO MICROALLOYED STEELS
DUAL-PHASE STEELS
LOW-ALLOY STEELS
INTERPHASE PRECIPITATION
FERRITE TRANSFORMATION
TENSILE BEHAVIOR
COOLING RATE
SHEET STEEL
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2017-12-01