Effect of Different Annealing Process for Microstructure and Properties of 1200MPa HSLA Steel

Abstract:

For C-Si-Mn low carbon HSLA(High Strength Low Alloyed) steel, the influence of microstructure and properties were researched on the different annealing processes. The result showed that the microstructure at room temperature of the steel were polygonal ferrite, island martensite and punctate bainite. With the increase of the annealing temperature, the content of martensite and bainiteincreased and the content of ferrite decreased. Accordingly, tensile strengthincreased from 1069MPa to 1498MPa, and the elongation decreased from 13.8% to 5.1%. With the increase of the overaging temperature, tensile strength decreased from 1315MPa to 1152MPa, and the elongationincreased from8.5% to9.8%. Finally, the optimum annealing process obtained that the annealing temperature was 820°C for 80s, slow cooling to 680°C, water quenching to room temperature, the overaging temperature was 280°C for 300s and air cooling to room temperature. The material obtained higher tensile strength and better elongation.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 713-715)
• Pages: 2653-2657
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.713-715.2653
• Online since: January 2015
• Authors: Yu Pei*, Zhe Gao, Yi Liu, Shi Qian Zhao, Chang Yu Xu, Xing Liang Li, Xiao Tong Hou
• Keywords: Annealing Process, Low Carbon HSLA Steel, Overaging

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