Study on Deformation-Induced Pearlite Transformation in Vanadium Microalloyed Eutectoid Steel

Abstract:

In this paper, the hot compression tests were performed to study on deformation-induced pearlite transformation in vanadium microalloyed eutectoid steel. The results showed that volume fraction of deformation -induced pearlite were higher and the pearlite were spheroidized better under lower strain rate and higher strain in vanadium microalloyed steel. Ferrite grains and granular cementites were further refined through vanadium microalloying combined with deformation-induced pearlite transformation .Vanadium dissolved in γmatrix could retard deformation-induced pearlite transformation under low strain, vanadium carbides precipitated due to strain-induced precipitation eliminate the retardation when the strain was increased to a certain extent. Under heavy deformation, ferrite grains and granular cementites in vanadium microalloyed steel were finer compared with vanadium free steel.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1156)
• Pages: 17-24
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1156.17
• Online since: December 2019
• Authors: Cai Zhen, Xin Ping Mao, Si Qian Bao*, Gang Zhao
• Keywords: Deformation-Induced Pearlite, Precipitation, Vanadium Microalloyed Eutectoid Steel

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