Efeitos dos tratamentos termicos na microestrutura e propriedades mecanicas do aço superaustenitico ASTM A 744 Gr. CN3MN / Heat treatment effect in the microstructure and propierts of superaustenitic stainless steel ASTM A 744 Gr. CN3MN

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

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ASTM A 744 Grade CN3MN super-austenitic stainless steel is employed in the manufacture of equipment working in severely corrosive environments under mechanical loads. In this work, an investigation was made of the influence of heat treatments on the microstructure and properties of this type of material. Solution heat treatments were carried out at temperatures ranging from 1100 to 1250 ºC, stress relief between 500 and 800 ºC and aging treatments at 900 ºC, for periods of time varying from 1,5, 12, 24 and 48 hours. Mechanical tests (hardness and impact) were also conducted. The microstructural analyses were carried out by X-ray diffraction, optical microscopy, and by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. It was concluded that, to maximize the material?s impact strength, the solution heat treatment should be done at 1200 ºC, at which temperature the volumetric fraction of precipitates is lower than at other solution heat treatment temperatures. As the stress relief temperature rose from 500 to 800 ºC, the energy absorbed during impact diminishes. In addition to the increase in the volumetric fraction of precipitates at temperatures above 550 ºC, precipitates were visible at the grain boundaries. The longer the material was exposed to a temperature of 900 ºC the lower the energy absorbed during impact. After 1,5 hours at 900 ºC the material?s impact strength dropped from 127,7 to 25,0 Joules. The steel?s hardness was also inversely proportional to the energy absorbed during impact at all the heat treatment temperatures. The as-cast sample presented sigma (s) phase in the austenitic matrix. The samples solution heat treated at 1200 and 1240 ºC presented sigma (s) and M6C carbide phases. The heat treatment at 900 ºC for 48 hours caused precipitation of some phases in the austenitic matrix, the most probable of which were sigma (s), chi (c) and M23C6 carbide.

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corrosion heat treatment aço - tratamento termico aço inoxidavel micro-structure aço inoxidavel austenitico microestrutura precipitates materiais resistentes a corrosão superaustenitic steel stainless steel

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