Effects of Austenite Conditioning and Transformation Temperature on the Bainitic Microstructure in Linepipe Steels

Abstract:

Low carbon bainitic steels are important in applications such as linepipe, and the details of the bainite microstructure control strength and toughness. The transformation of austenite to bainitic ferrite has been widely researched over the years, although recent use of electron backscatter diffraction techniques has provided opportunity to advance the characterization of various crystallographic aspects. In recent work, microstructures were characterized in a base steel containing 0.04 C and 1.7 Mn (wt. pct.) and two additional steels having modest carbon and manganese variations to influence the transformation behavior, with an interest in the MA (martensite-austenite) constituent and characteristics of the bainite developed at different transformation temperatures. Effects of austenite conditioning were also examined, as these steels contained an addition of 0.04 wt. pct. Nb. Microstructural details including crystallographic characteristics assessed using EBSD are presented, along with comments related to the implications of the results.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volumes 783-786)
• Pages: 85-90
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.783-786.85
• Online since: May 2014
• Authors: R.W. Regier*, A. Reguly, David K. Matlock, J.K. Choi, John G. Speer
• Keywords: Bainite, Linepipe Steels, Misorientation

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