Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Advanced High Strength Steel and Press Hardening (ICHSU 2022)

Effect of Vanadium on Austenite Grain Refinement and Martensite Structure

Authors
T. Jing1, Y. T. Ning1, H. L. Liu1, *, B. Yang1, Y. Chen1
1R&D Institute of Benxi Steel Plates Co., Ltd., Benxi, 117000, Liaoning, China
*Corresponding author. Email: daliang_lhl@hotmail.com
Corresponding Author
H. L. Liu
Available Online 2 March 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-114-2_5How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Grain size; Vanadium carbonitride; Microstructure
Abstract

The original austenite and quenched martensite structures of press hot steel with vanadium have been investigated by means of optical microscope and scanning electron microscope. The results show that V exists in the form of dispersed nanoscale VC or (V, Ti) C complex carbide in austenite, which has a significant effect on the refinement of the original austenite grain size. When the heating temperature is higher than 900 ℃, the V(C, N) decomposition results in the rapid decrease of austenite grain refinement, however, the austenite grains are still refined due to the drag effect of Ti(C, N) on V(C, N). The combination of vanadium and carbon in austenite can reduce the content of C in quenched martensite, which could promote the formation of strip martensite and avoid the formation of twinned martensite, so as to improve the toughness of materials and improve the problem of hydrogen-induced cracking.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Advanced High Strength Steel and Press Hardening (ICHSU 2022)
Series
Atlantis Highlights in Material Sciences and Technology
Publication Date
2 March 2023
ISBN
978-94-6463-114-2
ISSN
2590-3217
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-114-2_5How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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