Microstructure and mechanical properties of a microalloyed steel after thermal treatments
AUTOR(ES)
Cota, André Barros, Oliveira, Fernando Lucas Gonçalves e, Barbosa, Anderson Luiz da Rocha e, Lacerda, Cássio Antônio Mendes, Araújo, Fernando Gabriel da Silva
FONTE
Materials Research
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2003-06
RESUMO
The properties of a microalloyed steel, with Nb and V in its composition, were studied, after different intercritical thermal treatments and at different austenitizing and tempering temperatures. The mechanical properties of the specimens were measured in a Vickers hardness tester, and their microstructures were analyzed by optical microscopy, with the aid of a digital image processor. After austenitizing at 1100 °C and tempering at 625 °C, the samples showed significantly higher tempering resistance, reflected by their retention of high hardness, which may be associated with a secondary hardening precipitation of Nb carbon nitrides. In the sample with dual-phase microstructure, the martensite volume fraction varied from 18.2 to 26.3% and the ferrite grain size remained unchanged, upon the variation of the time length of the intercritical treatments. Tempered samples showed Vickers hardness (HVN) varying from 327 to 399, and dual-phase samples showed HVN from 362 to 429.
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