Investigation on the Microstructure Hardness for the Hot Compressed Duplex Steel

Abstract:

Effect of microstructure size and type on the hardness for the duplex steel were disclosed by using of optical microscope (OM), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and nanoindenter for the samples hot compressed under different temperature with reduction of 10%, 30%, 50% and 70%. OM and SEM were used to measure the average martensite lamellar width, space and indenter morphology. nanoindenter test characterized the microstructure hardness for the samples under different process. Experiment results show that martensite hardness for the sample hot compressed at 950°C has larger diversity than that of sample hot compressed at 1200°C. The martensite hardness fluctuation range for the sample compressed at 950°C is almost from about 7GPa to 12GPa, while, for the sample compressed at 1200°C, the fluctuation range is basically from about 9GPa to 12GPa. However, the average hardness for the samples hot compressed at 950°C is comparably smaller, which is related with lower quench temperature. The larger martensite hardness fluctuation is mainly related with induced ferrite formation and finer martensite lamellar width. For the ferrite phase, the hardness fluctuation range is lower.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 905)
• Pages: 30-37
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.905.30
• Online since: January 2022
• Authors: Shu Lan Zhang, Xiao Dan Zhang, Hai Feng Xu, Chang Wang*
• Keywords: DP Steel, Hardness, Microstructure, Nanoindenter

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