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Microstructures and plane energy spectra of X80 pipeline steel welded joints by submerged arc automatic welding

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X80 pipeline steel was welded with submerged arc automatic welding, the microstructures, cavity sizes, fusion depths and plane scanning of chemical elements in the welded zone, fusion zone, heat affected zone and base steel were observed with OM (optical microscope) and SEM (scanning electron microscope), respectively. The experimental results show that there is main acicular ferrite in the base steel and welded zone, the microscopic structure of fusion zone is a blocked bainite, and the heat affected zone is composed of multilateral ferrite and pearlite. M-A unit of the welded zone is the main factor to strengthen the welded zone, composed of acicular ferrites. The percentage of cavities in the welded joint is less than that in the base steel, which is beneficial to increasing its mechanical performance and corrosion resistance. The fusion depth in the fusion zone and welded zone is 101.13 μm and 115.85 μm, respectively, and the distribution of chemical elements in the welded zone is uniform, no enrichment phenomena.

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    Dejun Kong  (孔德军), Cundong Ye, Wei Guo, Yongzhong Wu & Dan Long

  2. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Materials Surface Science and Technology, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, China

    Dejun Kong  (孔德军)

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Funded by the Chief Expert (Engineer) Project of Jiangsu Provincial Association for Science (No. 2013-216) and the Innovation Program of Graduated Student of Jiangsu Province (CXLX2014-1098)

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Kong, D., Ye, C., Guo, W. et al. Microstructures and plane energy spectra of X80 pipeline steel welded joints by submerged arc automatic welding. J. Wuhan Univ. Technol.-Mat. Sci. Edit. 29, 1265–1269 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11595-014-1079-0

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