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Effect of Reheating Temperature and Cooling Treatment on the Microstructure, Texture, and Impact Transition Behavior of Heat-Treated Naval Grade HSLA Steel

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In order to achieve the desired mechanical properties [YS > 390 MPa, total elongation >16 pct and Charpy impact toughness of 78 J at 213 K (−60 °C)] for naval application, samples from a low-carbon microalloyed steel have been subjected to different austenitization (1223 K to 1523 K) (950 °C to 1250 °C) and cooling treatments (furnace, air, or water cooling). The as-rolled steel and the sample air cooled from 1223 K (950 °C) could only achieve the required tensile properties, while the sample furnace cooled from 1223 K (950 °C) showed the best Charpy impact properties. Water quenching from 1223 K (950 °C) certainly contributed to the strength but affected the impact toughness. Overall, predominantly ferrite matrix with fine effective grain size and intense gamma-fiber texture was found to be beneficial for impact toughness as well as impact transition behavior. Small size and fraction of precipitates (like TiN, Nb, and V carbonitrides) eliminated the possibility of particle-controlled crack propagation and grain size-controlled crack propagation led to cleavage fracture. A simplified analytical approach has been used to explain the difference in impact transition behavior of the investigated samples.

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Acknowledgments

Experimental facilities provided by Department of MME and CRF, IIT Kharagpur and financial support provided by Materials Panel of Naval Research Board (NRB), New Delhi, Science and Engineering Research Board, SERB, and the equipment grant provided by SRIC, IIT Kharagpur (under SGIRG scheme) is gratefully acknowledged. Authors are also grateful to Mr. S. Sahoo from the Technology Division of Tata Steel, Jamshedpur for his experimental support behind the work.

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    Md. Basiruddin Sk, A. Ghosh & D. Chakrabarti

  2. Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Kanchanbagh, P.O. Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, 500058, India

    N. Rarhi & R. Balamuralikrishnan

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Sk, M.B., Ghosh, A., Rarhi, N. et al. Effect of Reheating Temperature and Cooling Treatment on the Microstructure, Texture, and Impact Transition Behavior of Heat-Treated Naval Grade HSLA Steel. Metall Mater Trans A 48, 3231–3247 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-017-4099-5

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