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Role of Si Content in the Element Segregation of Galvanized QP980 Advanced High Strength Steel

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Advanced high strength steel (AHSS) with Zn coating shows an abnormal liquid metal embrittlement (LME) during the assembly welding, limiting its application in the automotive industry. The element content of AHSS is believed to be one of the most important factors to control the Zn-assisted LME susceptibility. In this paper, the role of Si content in the liquid metal embrittlement for resistance spot welded joint of the galvanized QP980 AHSS was investigated. It was found that increasing the Si content could have a significant effect on the microstructural evolution of the galvanized QP980 AHSS, e.g., increased decarburization layer depth and internal oxide density. Moreover, the specimen with 1.8 wt.% Si content revealed more and longer LME cracks compared with those for the specimen with only 0.8 wt.% Si, reflecting the tendency of lower Si content being favorable to decrease the LME susceptibility of galvanized QP980 AHSS. In particular, the elements Si, Mn and O exhibited a synchronous segregation, implying some internal relation among them and their mutual effects on the liquid Zn during the resistance spot welding (RSW) process, which are deemed the crucial mechanism of LME formation.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52101042) and the State Key Laboratory of Development and Application Technology of Automotive Steels (Baosteel Group, Grant No. A19ECEQ304).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, People’s Republic of China

    Wufeng Dong, Kai Ding & Yulai Gao

  2. State Key Laboratory of Development and Application Technology of Automotive Steels, Shanghai, 201900, People’s Republic of China

    Hua Pan, Ming Lei & Li Wang

  3. Automobile Steel Research Institute, R&D Center, Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd, Shanghai, 201900, People’s Republic of China

    Hua Pan, Ming Lei & Li Wang

  4. Shanghai Engineering Research Center for Metal Parts Green Remanufacture, Shanghai, 200444, People’s Republic of China

    Yulai Gao

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Dong, W., Ding, K., Pan, H. et al. Role of Si Content in the Element Segregation of Galvanized QP980 Advanced High Strength Steel. JOM 74, 2369–2376 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-022-05284-2

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