Influence of V(C,N) precipitates on microstructure and mechanical properties of continuous cooled C-Mn-V

The effect of chemical composition and processing parameters on the formation of acicular ferrite and/or bainite has been investigated. In particular, this paper deals with the influence that N through its combination with V, as V(C,N) precipitates, has on the decomposition of austenite. Likewise, t...

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Autores: García Mateo, Carlos, Capdevila, Carlos, Cornide, Juan, Chao, Jesús, García Caballero, Francisca, García de Andrés, Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/87025
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/87025
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Acicular ferrite
Bainite
Vanadium precipitates
Mechanical properties
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Sumario:The effect of chemical composition and processing parameters on the formation of acicular ferrite and/or bainite has been investigated. In particular, this paper deals with the influence that N through its combination with V, as V(C,N) precipitates, has on the decomposition of austenite. Likewise, the intragranular nucleation potency of V(C,N) precipitates is analyzed through the continuous cooling transformation diagrams (CCT) of two C-Mn-V steels with different contents of N. Results reported in this work allow us to conclude that acicular ferrite can only be achieved alloying with vanadium and nitrogen, meanwhile bainite is promoted in steels with a low level of nitrogen. It is concluded that higher strength values are obtained in acicular ferrite than in bainitic steel but a similar brittle-ductile transition temperature (BDT), and lower values of impact absorbed energy (KV) has been recorded in nitrogen-rich steel.