Influence of V on the Microstructure and Precipitation Behavior of High-Carbon Hardline Steel during Continuous Cooling

High-carbon hardline steels are primarily used for the manufacture of tire beads for both automobiles and aircraft, and vanadium (V) microalloying is an important means of adjusting the microstructure of high-carbon hardline steels. Using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), the microstructure and precipitation phases of continuous cooled high-carbon steels were characterized, and the vanadium content, carbon diffusion coefficient, and critical precipitation temperature were calculated. The results showed that as the V content increased to 0.06 wt.%, the interlamellar spacing (ILS) of the pearlite in the experimental steel decreased to 0.110 μm, and the carbon diffusion coefficient in the experimental steel decreased to 0.98 × 10-3 cm2·s-1. The pearlite content in the experimental steel with 0.02 wt.% V reached its maximum at a cooling rate of 5 °C·s-1, and a small amount of bainite was observed in the experimental steel at a cooling rate of 10 °C·s-1. The precipitated phase was VC with a diameter of ~24.73 nm, and the misfit between ferrite and VC was 5.02%, forming a semi-coherent interface between the two. Atoms gradually adjust their positions to allow the growth of VC along the ferrite direction. As the V content increased to 0.06 wt.%, the precipitation-temperature-time curve (PTT) shifted to the left, and the critical nucleation temperature for homogeneous nucleation, grain boundary nucleation, and dislocation line nucleation increased from 570.6, 676.9, and 692.4 °C to 634.6, 748.5, and 755.5 °C, respectively.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

Enthalten in:

Materials (Basel, Switzerland) - 17(2024), 6 vom: 19. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Junxiang [VerfasserIn]
Gu, Shangjun [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Fulong [VerfasserIn]
Li, Zhiying [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Zeyun [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Li, Changrong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Carbon diffusion coefficient
High-carbon hardline steels
Journal Article
Microstructure
PTT
Two-dimensional misfit
VC

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Date Revised 30.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ma17061392

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370310837