Effect of Annealing Temperature on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Air-hardening LH800 Steel
LUO Xiang1, MI Zhenli1,*, WU Yanxin1, YANG Yonggang1,2, JIANG Haitao1, HU Kuanhui3
1 Institute of Engineering Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China 2 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Brinellvägen 23, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden 3 Central Research Institute, Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., Shanghai 201900, China
Abstract: In order to obtain air-hardening steel with good cold formability, the microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of cold rolled LH800 steel during the batch annealing were studied by means of scanning electron microscopy, electron back scatter diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and other technical means. The results showed that the ferrite + carbide structure was obtained by annealing between 600 ℃ and 700 ℃, the tensile curve had an obvious yield plateau, and the length of the yield plateau decreased with annealing temperature increasing. As the annealing temperature increased, the nanoscale carbides inside the ferrite grain gradually decreased, the coarse carbides at the grain boundary gradually increased, the volume fraction of low-angle grain boundaries gradually decreased, and the kernel average misorientation (KAM) value gradually decreased. When the annealing temperature exceeded 700 ℃, the microstructure was ferrite + martensite + carbide, and no yield plateau appeaed in the tensile curve. As the annealing temperature continued to increase, the volume fraction of martensite gradually increased, as did the KAM value. The mechanical property analysis showed that, after annealing at 700 ℃ for 4 h, air-hardening steel had the lowest yield strength and tensile strength, the highest elongation, and the best cold-forming performance. Based on the evolution of the microstructure and the nanoscale carbides of cold-rolled LH800 steel during the annealing process, this work revealed the essence of the yield-plateau phenomenon of LH800 steel and obtained its key process parameters of best cold-forming-performance.
罗翔, 米振莉, 吴彦欣, 杨永刚, 江海涛, 胡宽辉. 退火温度对LH800空冷强化钢组织与力学性能的影响[J]. 材料导报, 2023, 37(3): 21080047-6.
LUO Xiang, MI Zhenli, WU Yanxin, YANG Yonggang, JIANG Haitao, HU Kuanhui. Effect of Annealing Temperature on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Air-hardening LH800 Steel. Materials Reports, 2023, 37(3): 21080047-6.
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