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The effects of titanium additions on AF1410 ultra-high-strength steel

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The mechanical properties and microstructure of two heats of AF1410 steel were compared. The first heat, heat 811, contained a titanium addition of 0.02 wt pct, while the second heat, heat 91, contained no titanium, manganese, or other strong sulfide formers. The sulfur in heat 811 was gettered as titanium carbosulfide, while in heat 91 the sulfides were chromium sulfide. The toughness of heat 811 was found to be much enhanced compared to heat 91, with Charpy impact energies of 176 J and 79 J and KIC fracture toughness values of 235 MPa.m1/2 and 170 MPa.m1/2, respectively. This significant difference in fracture toughness is attributed to the fact that titanium carbosulfide particles are more resistant to void nucleation than the chromium sulfide particles, which appear to nucleate voids at the onset of plastic strain. In addition to altering the sulfide particle type, the titanium addition also results in the presence of undissolved MC carbides in the titanium-modified steel in addition to the M2C carbides found in heat 91. These carbides act as grain growth inhibitors, resulting in a finer prior austenite grain size and martensite packet size in heat 811.

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Iorio, L.E., Garrison, W.M. The effects of titanium additions on AF1410 ultra-high-strength steel. Metall Mater Trans A 37, 1165–1173 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-006-1094-7

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