Theoretical and experimental nucleation and growth of precipitates in a medium carbon-vanadium steel

Using the general theory of nucleation, the nucleation period, critical radius, and growth of particles were determined for a medium carbon V-steel. Several parameters were calculated, which have allowed the plotting of nucleation critical time vs. temperature and precipitate critical radius vs. tem...

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Autores: Medina, Sebastián F., Ruiz-Bustinza, I., Robla, J. I., Calvo, J.
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/154566
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/154566
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Microalloyed steel
Precipitate growing
Nucleus radius
Nucleation time
Descrição
Resumo:Using the general theory of nucleation, the nucleation period, critical radius, and growth of particles were determined for a medium carbon V-steel. Several parameters were calculated, which have allowed the plotting of nucleation critical time vs. temperature and precipitate critical radius vs. temperature. Meanwhile, an experimental study was performed and it was found that the growth of precipitates during precipitation obeys a quadratic growth equation and not a cubic coalescence equation. The experimentally determined growth rate coincides with the theoretically predicted growth rate.