Nucleation and growth of precipitates in a V-microalloyed steel according to physical theory and experimental results

Using a theoretical model, the nucleus number and nucleation time were determined for a V-microalloyed steel. The calculated data has made it possible to plot the nucleus number vs. temperature, nucleation critical time vs. temperature, and precipitate critical radius vs. temperature. The nucleus nu...

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Autores: Medina Martin, Sebastián Florencio, Calvo Muñoz, Jessica|||0000-0002-5786-207X, Cabrera Marrero, José M.|||0000-0001-8417-1736
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/188098
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/188098
https://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0031918X2001010X
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Metals
V-microalloyed steel
Growth of precipitates
Nucleation time
Precipitate
Metalls
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria dels materials::Metal·lúrgia
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Sumario:Using a theoretical model, the nucleus number and nucleation time were determined for a V-microalloyed steel. The calculated data has made it possible to plot the nucleus number vs. temperature, nucleation critical time vs. temperature, and precipitate critical radius vs. temperature. The nucleus number was calculated by integration of the nucleation rate expression. On the other hand, an experimental study was performed and the nucleation time vs. temperature was plotted (PTT diagram), thus allowing a comparison between the theoretical values and experimental results. It has been 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. The experimental nucleation time is longer than the calculated time due to conceptual differences.