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Title

EFFECT OF CENTRAL SEGREGATION IN THE CONTINUOUSLY CAST SLAB OF A HTP STEEL OVER AUSTENITE RECRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS AND ITS CRITICAL TEMPERATURES

Authorship

Nogueira, Túlio César; Oliveira, Nilton José Lucinda de; Andrade, Rodrigo Ribeiro de; Taiss, Ed Juarez Mendes

DOI

10.5151/9785-9785-32353

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Abstract

 

The objective of this study was to determine the effects of an eventual slab central macro-segregation in microalloyed steels with low Mn content (0.80%) and high Nb content (0.08 to 0.10%) on the kinetics of recrystallization of austenite during its rolling, on its critical temperatures, that is, of non-recrystallization (Tnr), start Ar3 and finish Ar1 of ferrite transformation and its response to a simulated industrial thermomechanical processing. The determination of the austenite recrystallization kinetics was made through isothermal double compression tests using a dilatometer, while the critical temperatures were determined through hot torsion tests in a Gleeble® 3800. It was found that austenite recrystallization kinetics, Ar3 and Ar1 temperatures did not present significant changes for the samples extracted both at ¼ of the thickness and at the core of the plate, indicating that, as expected, the central segregation in this type of steel was not intense to the point of affecting this phenomenon. The Tnr values determined for the samples extracted in the core of the plate were, on average, 30°C lower than those obtained from specimens extracted at ¼ thickness, which suggests that a significant portion of the carbonitrides present in the core of the slab are eutectic and coarse, not having completely dissolved during the reheating of the specimens. This occurred despite the fact that the austenitization temperature adopted in this treatment theoretically leads to the total dissolution of Nb, as seems to have occurred in the case of specimens extracted at ¼ of thickness, where carbonitrides have a finer size.

Keywords

Niobium Microalloyed Steels; Austenite Recrystallization; Central Segregation; Critical Temperatures