Phases quantification in DP600 steel welded by GTAW process using SEM and atomic force microscopy

AUTOR(ES)

Medina, G.Y. Pérez, Delgado, E. Hurtado, Pérez, A. F. Miranda, Ferreira, H. Lopez

FONTE

Mat. Res.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

20/02/2017

RESUMO

The automotive industry is constantly under several challenges in many aspects, such as development of new materials and improvement their manufacturability. In order to achieve light weight, reduced emissions and ensure conductor safety, advanced high strength steels (AHSS) are able to fulfill these requirements. Dual phase steels (DP) are well suited for light weighing car body constructions. The gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) process is focused in literature as an alternative choice for joining AHSS steels; this study is held to disclose the exhibited microstructural constituents. In addition, quantitative determinations of the volume % of phases in the various weld regions were made. The relative amounts of lower bainite (LB), upper bainite (UB), and polygonal ferrite (PF) in the heat affected zone (HAZ) were determined by image analysis from optical microscopy (OM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). It was found that GTAW promoted the development of significant amounts of LB in the HAZ (50.89 %). In contrast atomic force microscopy (AFM) leads to quantify the different phases by the morphology, height and roughness, it was found that martensite (M) dropped down to 7.5% in the intercritical zone (IZ) although PF increases to 92.5% compared with the base metal (BM).

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