Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Fe-Mn-Al-Nb Light-weight Cryogenic Steel
HE Jinshan1, FANG Ping1, WANG Xitao1,2, WU Huibin1
1 Collaborative Innovation Center of Steel Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; 2 Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for High Strength Lightweight Metallic Materials, Advanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Science), Jinan 250014, China
Abstract: In this work, a Fe-Mn-Al-Nb light-weight cryogenic steel with low stacking faults and stable austenite was designed. After tempering at 680 ℃ for 2.5 h, the yield strength and ultimate strength have reached 442 MPa and 658 MPa respectively. At the same time, its cryogenic impact absorbed energy was 148 J, which has improved by 80—120 J, compared with conventional Ni cryogenic steels. By microstructure characterization after low temperature impact test, it was found that compatible deformation by lots of nanotwins has led to the large improvement of low temperature toughness. In addition, the precipitation of a large amount of nano-size NbC has improved the tensile strength with little influence on elongation after tempering.
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