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Modeling of Austenite Grain Growth During Austenitization in a Low Alloy Steel

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The main purpose of this work is to develop a pragmatic model to predict austenite grain growth in a nuclear reactor pressure vessel steel. Austenite grain growth kinetics has been investigated under different heating conditions, involving heating temperature, holding time, as well as heating rate. Based on the experimental results, the mathematical model was established by regression analysis. The model predictions present a good agreement with the experimental data. Meanwhile, grain boundary precipitates and pinning effects on grain growth were studied by transmission electron microscopy. It is found that with the increasing of the temperature, the second-phase particles tend to be dissolved and the pinning effects become smaller, which results in a rapid growth of certain large grains with favorable orientation. The results from this study provide the basis for the establishment of large-sized ingot heating specification for SA508-III steel.

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This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2011CB012903), the National Science and Technology Major Project (Grant No. 2012ZX04012011), and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2013M531171).

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    Dingqian Dong, Fei Chen & Zhenshan Cui

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Dong, D., Chen, F. & Cui, Z. Modeling of Austenite Grain Growth During Austenitization in a Low Alloy Steel. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 25, 152–164 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-015-1810-9

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