Precipitation Behavior of High-Nitrogen Low-Nickel Austenitic Stainless Steel at Intermediate Temperature

Abstract:

The precipitation behavior of nitrides and carbides occurred in aging process for 10Cr21Mn16NiN austenitic stainless steel at intermediate temperature was investigated by use of thermodynamic calculation, metallography and electron microscopy analysis. The precipitates evolved from chain-like initiatively along grain boundaries at lower aging temperature, to that along grain boundaries and inside the grain of austenite with more content as the temperature rising gradually. When aging at 800 °C, precipitates became layered tablet shaped and the composition was ascertained the mixture of Cr₂N and M₂₃C₆. At a certain temperature, the volume fraction of precipitates for the aged testing steel by air cooling was slightly higher than that by water quenching.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 724)
• Pages: 359-362
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.724.359
• Online since: June 2012
• Authors: De Ning Zou, Rong Liu, Jiao Li, Kun Wu, Xiao Hua Liu
• Keywords: Aging, High-Nitrogen Low-Nickel Austenitic Stainless Steel, Precipitation

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