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Title: | A novel ferritic steel family hardened by intermetallic compound G-phase | Authors: | Yang, M Zhu, J Yang, T Luan, J Jiao, Z Fan, X Kuhn, B Xiong, X Wang, C Liu, CT Liu, X |
Issue Date: | 4-Feb-2019 | Source: | Materials science and engineering. A, Structural materials : properties, microstructure and processing, 4 Feb. 2019, v. 745, p. 390-399 | Abstract: | In this paper, G-phase precipitation and the resulting hardening effect on Fe-20Cr-3Ni-1Mn-3Si ferritic alloys by the addition of Ti, Nb, Ta and Zr were individually studied by electron microscopy and atom probe tomography, combined with thermodynamic and first principle calculations. The high resolution scanning electron and transmission electron microscopy observations confirmed that four kinds of Ni16M6Si7 (M=Ti, Nb, Ta and Zr) G-phase particles were distributed uniformly in the matrix of the four alloys aged at 560–860 °C. The 3D-APT results revealed the formation of the four different nanoscale precipitates, with the highest number density (6.05 × 1023 m−3) and smallest radius (1.64 ± 0.45 nm) in the Ti added alloy. The nanoscale sized precipitates stability (~3 nm for Ti added alloy; ~5 nm for Nb added alloy and Zr added alloy; ~25 nm for Ta added alloy) was attributed to their particular cube-cube orientation relationships, which led to a very low interfacial energy. The effects of the G-phase on precipitation hardening and quasi steady-state deformation resistance were examined. The 560 °C-aging hardening experiments suggested a rapid precipitation process of the nano-particles. The peak hardness values of the four alloys are in the descending order: Ti ˃˃ Nb > Ta ˃˃ Zr. The 660 °C quasi steady-state deformation experiments showed threshold stresses of 110 and 140 MPa in cases of the Nb and Ti added alloys, which were higher than that of the previously reported B2-NiAl strengthened steels and commercial heat-resistant steels. By using the formation of nanoscale G-phase precipitates, a new ferritic steel family with very high strength and creep resistance has been proposed. Further alloy optimization is in progress. | Keywords: | Atom probe tomography G-phase High-performance steels Nano-precipitates |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV | Journal: | Materials science and engineering. A, Structural materials : properties, microstructure and processing | ISSN: | 0921-5093 | EISSN: | 1873-4936 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.msea.2018.11.148 | Rights: | © 2018 Published by Elsevier B.V. © 2018. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. The following publication Yang, M., Zhu, J., Yang, T., Luan, J., Jiao, Z., Fan, X., ... & Liu, X. (2019). A novel ferritic steel family hardened by intermetallic compound G-phase. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 745, 390-399 is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2018.11.148. |
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