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Title

AN APPLICATION OF MICROALLOYING AND THERMOMECHANICAL ROLLING IN SBQ LONG PRODUCTS

Authorship

Galdino, Rafael Stella; Elgert, Carolina Conter; Silveira, Marcos Paulo da; Almeida, Messias Prado de; Freese, Samuel Henrique; Bolota, José Roberto

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Silveira, Marcos Paulo da

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Freese, Samuel Henrique

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Bolota, José Roberto

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DOI

10.5151/9785-9785-32351

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Abstract

Microalloyed steels have been intensely studied as an alternative to increase strength by grain refinement and/or precipitation hardening. Long steel products have a wide range of opportunities to apply well-defined principles of controlled rolling (CR) in order to increase strength and toughness with reduced costs. To evaluate the effect of microalloying elements as Nb and Ti with thermomechanical treatment, three conditions were tested: DIN 16MnCrS5 with hot rolling (HR), DIN 16MnCrS5 with Nb and CR and DIN 16MnCrS5 with Nb+Ti and CR. Austenitic grain size, obtained by direct quenching after rolling, has shown a decrease 32% with Nb addition, and 29% when Nb and Ti was added. Controlled rolling generated higher grain refinement and pancacked grains near the surface. When comparing ferritic grain size, controlled rolling plus niobium and titanium additions resulted in significant reduction of 35%. Yield strength increased 15% with microalloying and CR and more than 270% in impact toughness, even at -40°C.

Keywords

thermomechanical rolling; niobium; long products; grain size.