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MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION
Volume 73, Issue -, Pages 144-152Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2012.08.009
Keywords
SAVE12 steel; Delta ferrite; Laves phase; Dissolution kinetics; Short-term creep
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- National Natural Science Foundation of PR China [51034011]
- Postgraduate Innovative Capacity-building Foundation of Shanghai Jiao Tong University [Z-050-007]
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This research focused on the formation and microstructural evolution of delta ferrite phase in SAVE12 steel. The formation of delta ferrite was due to the high content of ferrite forming alloy elements such as Cr, W, and Ta. This was interpreted through either JMatPro-4.1 computer program or Cr-eq calculations. Delta ferrite was found in bamboo-like shape and contained large amount of MX phase. It was surrounded by Laves phases before creep or aging treatment. Annealing treatments were performed under temperatures from 1050 degrees C to 1100 degrees C and various time periods to study its dissolution kinetics. The result showed that most of the delta ferrite can be dissolved by annealing in single phase austenitic region. Dissolution process of delta ferrite may largely depend on dissolution kinetic factors, rather than on thermodynamic factors. Precipitation behavior during short-term (1100 h) creep was investigated at temperature of 600 degrees C under a stress of 180 MPa. The results demonstrated that delta ferrite became preferential nucleation sites for Laves phase at the early stage of creep. Laves phase on the boundary around delta ferrite showed relatively slower growth and coarsening rate than that inside delta ferrite. Crown Copyright (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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