Laves Phase Precipitation Behavior in HiperFer (High Performance Ferritic) Steel with and without Boron Alloying
Abstract
:1. Motivation and Introduction
2. Materials and Experimental Methods
2.1. Material Preparation
2.2. Microstructure Analysis
2.3. Mechanical Testing
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Thermodynamic Simulation
3.2. Precipitation Behavior—Grain Interiors
3.3. Precipitation Behavior—Grain Boundaries
3.4. Mechanical Properties
3.5. High-Temperature Mechanical Properties
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Alloy | C | N | Si | Mn | Cr | Nb | W | B | Fe |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B0 | <0.01 | <0.01 | 0.27 | 0.19 | 16.8 | 0.64 | 2.41 | - | bal. |
B55 | <0.01 | <0.01 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 16.8 | 0.62 | 2.35 | 0.0055 | bal. |
Alloy | Laves Phase | Si | Cr | Nb | W | Fe |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B0 | LTL | 2.4 | 2.2 | 35.2 | 16.1 | 44.1 |
HTL | 0.3 | 6.7 | 12.3 | 45.9 | 34.8 | |
B55 | LTL | 2.8 | 2.0 | 35.3 | 15.7 | 44.2 |
HTL | 0.4 | 6.8 | 12.1 | 46.4 | 34.3 |
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Pöpperlová, J.; Wipp, D.; Kuhn, B.; Bleck, W. Laves Phase Precipitation Behavior in HiperFer (High Performance Ferritic) Steel with and without Boron Alloying. Metals 2023, 13, 235. https://doi.org/10.3390/met13020235
Pöpperlová J, Wipp D, Kuhn B, Bleck W. Laves Phase Precipitation Behavior in HiperFer (High Performance Ferritic) Steel with and without Boron Alloying. Metals. 2023; 13(2):235. https://doi.org/10.3390/met13020235
Chicago/Turabian StylePöpperlová, Jana, Daniela Wipp, Bernd Kuhn, and Wolfgang Bleck. 2023. "Laves Phase Precipitation Behavior in HiperFer (High Performance Ferritic) Steel with and without Boron Alloying" Metals 13, no. 2: 235. https://doi.org/10.3390/met13020235