CA1130617A - Silicon alloyed steel - Google Patents

Silicon alloyed steel

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CA1130617A
CA1130617A CA319,150A CA319150A CA1130617A CA 1130617 A CA1130617 A CA 1130617A CA 319150 A CA319150 A CA 319150A CA 1130617 A CA1130617 A CA 1130617A
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Harri Nevalainen
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Ovako Bar Oy
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    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21DMODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
    • C21D1/00General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering
    • C21D1/18Hardening; Quenching with or without subsequent tempering
    • C21D1/19Hardening; Quenching with or without subsequent tempering by interrupted quenching
    • C21D1/20Isothermal quenching, e.g. bainitic hardening
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22CALLOYS
    • C22C38/00Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys
    • C22C38/02Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing silicon

Abstract

ABSTRACT

High strength steel is produced with a bainitic-austentitic microstructure, obtained by isothermal heat treatment. The steel contains (in weight percentages) 0.8% to 1.2% carbon, 2.0% to 2.6% silicon, 0.3% to 1.0% manganese, the remainder consisting of iron and normal impurities. The steel has good strength and toughness properties which render it useful in wearing parts subjected to heavy impacts.

Description

Silicon alloyed steel The present invention relates to Si-alloyed high carbon steel, which by isothermal heat treatment o~tains particularly advan-tageous strength and toughness properties and which is useful especially in wearing parts subjected to heavy impacts.

For such wearing parts it is generally known to use Mn-alloyed austenitic steel, so~called Hadfield steel, when, in addition to a~rasion resistance, toughness is required of the part, If toughness is not necessary~ it is possihle to use e.g.
high carbon chromium allo~ed steels (1,0 % C, 12 % Cr). Both such steels have several dra~backs~ Hadfield steel (1,0 % C, 13 % Mn) is difficult to manufacture, it can only be formed by casting and its corrosion resistance and weldability are poor. Due to the high Mn~alloy content, this steel is also expensive.

High carbon chromium steels, on the other hand, are brit-tle and their workability is poor. They are also expensive due to high alloy content.

The advantageous mechanical properties of the steel according - 20 to the present invention are based on the bainitic-austenitic dual-phase microstructure o~tained in the isothermal heat treatment, The bainitic component of the microstructure gives the steel good initial hardness and rich residual austenite gives it strong strain hardening capacity.

- In the present steel, advantage has been taken of a known effect of silicon to prevent carbide formation. By increasing the silicon content of a high carbon steel up to 2,0 - 3,0 ~, carbide formation can be prevented during isothermal decom-position of austenite at a suitable temperature~

The use of silicon as an alloying element is known e.g. in spring steels wherein C- and Si-contents are generally Cc0~8 Si~2,o %. In these steels, Si-alloying is generally used as ` ~
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, ~(1617 an alloying element increasing hardenability and tempering resistance.

Generally known are also low carbon high Si-alloyed steels (C < 0 ~1 % ~ Si~V 2 r - 4~0 %~ which are used as core plates of electromagnets.

The purpose of Si~alloying is to prevent the formation of carbide (cementite~,, when after the austenitizing the steel is allowed to decompose isothermally to upper bainite within a temperature range of 3sa - 45QC or to lower bainite within the temperature range of 280 - 350C, Thus, the obtained bainitic ferrite only contains ~0,01 % of carbon. With car-bide formation prevented, carbon must diffuse into the re-maining austenite as the bainite reaction proceeds. This, on the other hand~ increases the stability of austenite with increasing carbon content. If for example the carbon content of a steel is 1, a ~ and it decomposes to 50 ~ bainite without carbide formation, the carbon content of residual austenite increases to appr. 2 %. Thus, by controlling the composition (C- and Si-content) of the steel, decomposition temperature 20 and holdingtime, it is possible to control the bainite-austenite ratio obtained as a result of the decomposition of austenite.

The following examples illustrate mechanical properties obtained with the steel according to the invention.

The chemical compositions of the example steels are presented in table 1.

, ~, Steel C Si Mn C~ Ni Cu ~ll C~Si % %. % % % % % %
1 0~8Q 2~07 0,48 0,24 0,11 0,16 0,033 2,87
2 Q,78 2,45 0,55 0,07 0,07 0,01 0,034 3,23
3 Q,93 2,33 0,48 0,03 a,01 0,01 0,030 3,26
4 0,g8 2,49 0~51 0,02 0,01 Q,01 0,030 3,47 0,80 2,40 0,52 0,7g 0,01 0,01 0,035 2,91 The test steels were heat treated as .~ollows: austenitizing 92Q ~ 1030C~ lQ min ~ isothermal bainitizing at 380C, 350C
or 320C, water cooling, The test specimen were subjected to tensile tests performed with an ~ 8 mm tensile test specimen, to impact tests (KV~ and residual austenite content was determined with X-ray measurements. Test results are lllus-trated in table 2.

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36~7 By comparing the strength and toughness values obtained with residual austenite contents~ it can be seen that the ~est com,~inations of properties are accomplished with t~e residual austenite content ~etween 30 - 40 %, Thus~ the yield strength will be Rp o 2 7 850 N~mm2 and the tensile strength Rm ~1300 N/~m2 when the isothermal bainitizing temperature is 380C. Lowering the bainitizing temperature ~elow 350C
increases the strength of the steel considerably. The bain-itizing time will be then longer and the microstructure ob-tained is lower bainite, Elongation to fracture A5 ~ 20 ~.
; Too low a C + Si-content leads to too small an amount of residual austenite, stronger but more brittle bainite con-trolling the properties. This is the case with the example steel 1, so C + Si must be ~2,80.
Too high a C + Si-content, on the other hand, leads to too high a residual austenite content. Thus the residual austenite is too much in control of mech'anical properties, the strength thus remaining lower. Thus, the res,idual austenite is also mechanically more unstable which impairs the elongation to fracture. This is the case with the example steel 4, so C + Si must be c 3,5.

According to the test results, the most suitable range for the sum is C + Si = 2,90 - 3,40 ~, however with C ~ 0,8 % and Si 2 2,0 ~.Thus the elongation to fracture A5 is 30 -- 40 ~ and consists mainly of uniform elongation which is an indication of strain hardening capacity found only in austenitic Hadfield manganese steel and staïnless steels. However, in unworked condition, yield strength of ~oth of these steels is ~50 %
of the yield strength of the steel of the present invention.

In order to improve its heat treatment properties, the steel according to the invention can be alloyed with austenite stabilizing alloying elements, such as manganese and nickel, up to appr. 1 ~. Thus for the C-content, it is necessary to take into account the effect of the additional alloying - : ~" ~ ~

~L~.30617 on the stability of austenite, ~lso carbide forming chromium and niobium can be used in alloying~ The former improves hardenabilit~ on large bar diameters and it can be used in : amounts5~ 1 %r preferably ~a~s %~ Niobium, on the other hand, can be used to control grain growth properties, The alloying amount needed for this is C 0,1 ~Al~alloying is preferable for binding of free nitrogen in ferritic bainite which is advantageous for toughness, particularly at low temperatures.
The alloying amount needed for this is ~ 0,1 ~.

The steel according to the invention has produced a combination of strength and toughness properties that has been impossible to obtain with prior art steels. Moreover, since these properties are achieved by simple isothermal heat treatment and inexpensive alloying, the steel according to the invention can be expected to receive wide acceptance and to be widely used in applications requiring high strength and good abrasion resistance.

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Claims (5)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY
OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. High strength steel provided with a bainitic-austenitic micro-structure which is accomplished by isothermal heat treatment, characterized in that the steel contains various alloying elements in the following ranges expressed as weight percentage;

Carbon (C) 0.8 --- 1.2%
Silicon (Si) 2.0 --- 2.6%
Manganese (Mn) 0.3 --- 1.0%
Chromium (Cr) 0 --- 1.0%
Nickel (Ni) 0 --- 1.0%
Niobium (Nb) 0 --- 0.1%
Aluminum (Al) 0 --- 0.1%
Molybdenum (Mo) 0 --- 0.5%
the remainder consisting of iron and normal impurities,
2. Steel according to claim 1, wherein the alloying sum C + Si =
2.9 --- 3.4%.
3. Steel according to claim 1, characterized in that it contains one or more of the following alloying elements in the following weight ranges:

Chromium (Cr) 0.01 --- 0.5%
Nickel (Ni) 0.01 --- 0.5%
Niobium (Nb) 0.001 -- 0.05%
Aluminum (Al) 0.001 -- 0.05%
Molybdenum (Mo) 0.3 -- 0.5%
4. Steel according to claim 1, characterized in that it has been provided with a dual phase microstructure produced by isothermal heat treatment carried out at a temperature of 350 - 450°C, the microstructure mainly consisting of upper bainite and residual austenite and wherein the proportion of residual austenite is 30 ---40%.
5. Steel according to claim 1, characterized in that it contains a dual-phase microstructure obtained by isothermal heat treatment carried out at a temperature of 280 - 350° the microstructure mainly consisting of lower bainite and wherein the proportion of residual austenite is 30 - 40%.
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