Abstract The aim of this work is to study the effect zirconium and niobium on refinement grain size mechanical properties micro-alloyed cast steels in heat treated conditions. Five with different compositions, as steel without microalloying elements (i) 0.05% Zirconium (Zr), (ii) (Zr) Niobium (Nb), (iii) 0.10% (iv) (Nb) were investigated. samples are normalized at 1000 °C followed by air coolin...

Microalloyed steels containing copper in order to promote precipitation hardening are one of the approaches adopted to develop new materials with high mechanical strength but minimized carbon content to assure good weldability. Besides that, the thermomechanical processing of such alloys can eliminate the subsequent quench and tempering heat treatments required by conventional steels. The effec...

This laboratory study aimed to reveal the inner connects between microstructure and corrosion properties of a RE microalloyed ultra-thin cast strip (UCS) steel. The mainly consisted homogeneous polygonal ferrite (PF) with small amount pearlite (P), while adding multiple alloying elements led appearance granular bainite (GB) bainitic (BF). strongly promoted homogenization refinement by segregati...

Abstract: mechanical properties of AISIH 13 hot-work tool steel have been studied. Cast samples made of the modified new steel were homogenized and austenitized at different conditions, followed by tempering at the specified temperature ranges. Hardness, red hardness, three point bending test and Charpy impact test were carried out to evaluate the mechanical properties together with characteriz...

In industry, the cost of production is an important factor and it is preferred to use conventional and low cost procedures for producing the parts. Heat treatment cycles and alloying additions are the key factors affecting the microstructure and mechanical properties of the cast steels. In this study an attempt was made to evaluate the influence of minor Mo addition on the microstructure and me...

In the submitted paper the water disinfection capacity of the microalloyed aluminium based composite (MABC) was studied. MABC is material in the form of steel wire, plated with microalloyed aluminium. The effects of the composite are based on the very negative stationary potential of microalloyed aluminium, and its spontaneous dissolution in water with generation of AI(III) ions, and reduction ...

Abstract In this study, dual-phase (DP, ferrite + martensite) microstructures were obtained by performing intercritical heat treatments (IHT) at 750 and 800 °C followed quenching. Decreasing the IHT temperature from to leads to: (i) a decrease in volume fraction of austenite (martensite after quenching) 0.68 0.36; (ii) ~ 100 martensite start (Ms), mainly due higher carbon content its smaller gr...

A comprehensive set of models of precipitate formation during steel processing has been developed. In this work, it is applied to investigate Nb(C,N) precipitation in thin microalloyed steel slabs during continuous casting, reheating in a tunnel furnace and water quenching relative to the position with the slab and alloy content. The models include a transient heat-conduction and solidification...

microalloyed s355n steel plates are extensively used in bridge and high-rise building structures. one ofthe factors affecting the mechanical properties is the size and morphology of inclusions. in this research,microalloyed s355n steel plates with different sizes of inclusions were examined. one contained longmanganese sulfide inclusions (li material) and the other had short ones (si material)....