Microstructural Changes and Impact Toughness of Fill Pass in X80 Steel Weld Metal

Microstructural characterisation of as-deposited and reheated weld metal — High Strength Steel Weld Metals

The problems encountered with the interpretation of martensite and the various forms of bainite that are found in high strength steel weld metals have been addressed. Field emission gun scanning electron microscopy was found to overcome resolution difficulties often met with light optical microscopy and conventional scanning electron microscopy. The various microstructural constituents were cha...

Size distribution of oxides and toughness of steel weld metals

The trend in strong weld metals is towards microstructures dominated by low carbon martensite. The role of oxide particles introduced into the metal during welding then becomes uncertain. The particles do not seem to affect the nucleation or growth of martensite. This is probably because this phase forms at relatively large driving forces and therefore does not rely on heterogeneous nucleation ...

Effect of Heat Input on the Weld Metal Toughness of Chromium-Molybdenum Steel

An attempt has been made to determine the strength and impact properties of Cr-Mo steel weld and base materials by varying the current during manual metal arc welding. Toughness over a temperature range from -32 to 100°C of base, heat affected zone (HAZ) and weld zones at three current settings are made. It is observed that the deterioration in notch toughness at any zone with the temperature d...

Changes in toughness at low oxygen concentrations in steel weld metals

Oxides in steel weld metals can initiate fracture or can improve toughness by influencing the development of beneficial microstructures. In this work, the authors conducted experiments in which the oxygen concentration was varied from 20 to 560 ppmw (parts per million by weight) in weld metals with tensile strength in the range 580–780 MPa. It is demonstrated that low and medium strength weld m...

Improvement of Impact Toughness of API-X70 Steel Weld metals With Electromagnetic Vibration