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Transformation during the isothermal deformation of low-carbon Nb-B steels

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The transformation behavior during isothermal deformation of four steels containing different microalloying additions was investigated by means of the “strain-rate change” technique. The flow curves obtained at temperatures ranging from 620 °C to 850 °C, and the associated microstructures, indicate that the transformation in the Mo-Nb-B and Mo-B steels is of the austenite-to-bainite type. Here, dramatic increases in flow stress are observed at lower temperatures. By contrast, the transformation in the Nb-15B and Nb-64B steels is basically of the austenite-to-ferrite type; in these two grades, the flow stress increases observed are attributable to strengthening by NbC precipitation. Large intergranular and intragranular Fe23(C,B)6 particles were found in the Nb-64B steel samples deformed to ɛ=0.1 after holding for 60 seconds at 800°C. These large precipitates are considered to be responsible for accelerating the transformation in the Nb-64B steel by reducing the concentration of boron atoms available for boundary segregation and by acting as nucleation sites for the formation of polygonal ferrite. The flow curves of the Mo-Nb-B steel exhibit distinct serrations, indicating that a displacive mechanism is involved in the γ-to-B transformation.

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  2. the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, T6G 2G6, Edmonton, AB, Canada

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Bai, D.Q., Yue, S., Jonas, J.J. et al. Transformation during the isothermal deformation of low-carbon Nb-B steels. Metall Mater Trans A 29, 1383–1394 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-998-0353-1

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