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Austenite Grain Refinement and Isothermal Growth Behavior in a Low Carbon Vanadium Microalloyed Steel

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The austenite grain refinement through control of the grain growth during reheating process after thermo-mechanical controlled process (TMCP) in a vanadium microalloyed steel was achieved. The formation of ultra-fine grained austenite was attributed to the high density of austenite nucleation at the ferrite/martensite structure and to the inhibition of austenite growth by (Ti, V)C particles at the relatively low reheating temperature. Corresponding with the precipitation behavior of (Ti,V)C with temperature, the growth behavior of austenite in the vanadium microalloyed steel could be divided into two regions. At lower reheating temperature, austenite grains grew slowly, and ultra-fine grained austenite smaller than 5 μm was successfully obtained. By contrast, the austenite grains grew rapidly at high temperature due to the dissolution of (Ti,V)C particles. According to the measured and predicted results of austenite growth kinetics, two models were developed to describe the growth behavior of austenite grains in two different temperature regions, and the apparent activation energy Qapp for grain growth was estimated to be about 115 and 195 kJ/mol, respectively.

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  1. Key Laboratory for Ferrous Metallurgy and Resources Utilization of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430081, China

    Geng-wei Yang (Doctor)

  2. Department of Structural Steel, Central Iron and Steel Research Institute, Beijing, 100081, China

    Geng-wei Yang (Doctor), Xin-jun Sun (Post-doctor, Professor), Qi-long Yong, Zhao-dong Li & Xiao-xian Li

  3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650093, China

    Geng-wei Yang (Doctor) & Xiao-xian Li

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Yang, Gw., Sun, Xj., Yong, Ql. et al. Austenite Grain Refinement and Isothermal Growth Behavior in a Low Carbon Vanadium Microalloyed Steel. J. Iron Steel Res. Int. 21, 757–764 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1016/S1006-706X(14)60138-2

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