Journal of Materials Science

, Volume 51, Issue 20, pp 9424–9439 | Cite as

Effect of W on tempering behaviour of a 3 %Co modified P92 steel

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Abstract

The tempering behaviour of two 9Cr–3Co–0.5Mo–0.2 V–0.05Nb–0.005B steels containing 2 and 3 wt% W was examined. The decomposition of retained austenite induces the formation of semi-continuous films of W-rich M23C6 carbides along boundaries at 525 °C. The increase in W content from 2 to 3 wt% modifies the normal carbide precipitation sequence in the vicinity of these boundaries. The formation of W segregation at prior austenite grain/interlath boundaries leads to formation of the thermodynamically metastable W-rich M6C carbides. Finally, these M6C carbides transform to a stable Laves phase. Two-phase separation of MX carbonitrides into Nb-rich and V-rich dispersoids appears in both steels after tempering at 750 °C. This separation is thermodynamically metastable and attributed to the precipitation of Nb-rich MX carbonitrides with a round shape on dislocations at T ≤ 450 °C and V-rich MX carbonitrides within ferritic matrix at 750 °C. Moreover, in the steel with 2 %W, the additional separation of V-rich MX carbonitrides into W-rich particles located in the vicinity of the prior austenite grain/lath boundaries and W-free ones located within the interiors of laths was observed.

Keywords

Austenite Cementite Lave Phase Prior Austenite Precipitation Sequence 
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Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge with gratitude the financial support received through the Russian Science Foundation, under Grant No. 14-29-00173 (N. D. and R. K., Belgorod State University) and A. F. greatly acknowledges the support by DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst) under Project No. A/12/86596 in the part of microstructural investigations by TEM. The authors are grateful to the staff of the Joint Research Center, Belgorod State University, for their assistance with instrumental analysis.

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • A. Fedoseeva
    • 1
  • N. Dudova
    • 1
  • U. Glatzel
    • 2
  • R. Kaibyshev
    • 1
  1. 1.Belgorod State UniversityBelgorodRussia
  2. 2.Metals and AlloysUniversity BayreuthBayreuthGermany

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