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Properties of Austenitic, Heavily Alloyed, High-Nitrogen Steels Made by Various Casting, Special Electrometallurgy, and Hot Deformation Methods

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The structure, the phase composition, and the mechanical properties of high-strength austenitic steel 05S–(21–22)Cr–15Mn–8Ni–(1–2)Mo–V–N (05Kh(21–22)AG15N8MF grade) having an equilibrium nitrogen content of 0.5% (which is below the solubility limit under standard conditions) and melted in an open induction furnace are studied in the cast, hot-deformed, and heat-treated states. The steel having the same metallic base and a overequilibrium nitrogen content of 0.65–0.79% (which is above the solubility limit under standard conditions) and melted in a plasma arc furnace is also analyzed. The mechanical properties of these steel versions, including the impact toughness at low test temperatures, are compared, and their relationship with the structural-phase state of the steels is analyzed. The hot-forged steels exhibit an increase in the strength with the nitrogen concentration and a symmetrical decrease in the impact toughness. An increase in the forging reduction ratio of steel with 0.7% N is found to increase the yield strength and ultimate tensile strength but to decrease the cold resistance. The grain size and the presence of a nitride phase, which precipitates at the temperatures of the end of hot forging, exert a significant effect on the level of properties. To achieve a good combination of high strength properties and cold resistance, the nitrogen concentration in 05Kh21AG15N8MF steel should not to exceed 0.65%.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank the Electrostal Plant for its significant practical contribution to the work on ESR and PAR steels.

Funding

This work was supported by the program of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences RAN I.55 “The Arctic—Scientific Fundamentals of New Technologies for Exploration, Conservation, and Development” (project no. 0087-2018-0020) and was performed within the framework of state assignment no. 075-00328-21-00.

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  1. Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334, Moscow, Russia

    M. V. Kostina, L. G. Rigina, S. O. Muradyan & V. S. Kostina

  2. Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University), 125993, Moscow, Russia

    M. V. Kostina

  3. Central Scientific Research Institute of Machine Building and Metalworking TsNIITMASh, 115088, Moscow, Russia

    L. G. Rigina

  4. Metallurgical Plant Electrostal, 144002, Elektrostal’, Moscow oblast, Russia

    A. I. Il’inskii

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Kostina, M.V., Rigina, L.G., Muradyan, S.O. et al. Properties of Austenitic, Heavily Alloyed, High-Nitrogen Steels Made by Various Casting, Special Electrometallurgy, and Hot Deformation Methods. Russ. Metall. 2022, 559–568 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0036029522060131

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