US3132025A - Alloy steel - Google Patents

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US3132025A
US3132025A US241535A US24153562A US3132025A US 3132025 A US3132025 A US 3132025A US 241535 A US241535 A US 241535A US 24153562 A US24153562 A US 24153562A US 3132025 A US3132025 A US 3132025A
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John L Hurley
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    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22CALLOYS
    • C22C38/00Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys
    • C22C38/08Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing nickel
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22CALLOYS
    • C22C38/00Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys
    • C22C38/16Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing copper

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  • the present invention relates to low alloy steels and, more particularly, to low alloy constructional steels in the hot-rolled condition which manifest an excellent combination of metallurgical properties including strength, formability, toughness, weldability, and corrosion resistance which render the steels eminently suitable for divers applications.
  • a hot-rolled steel from a commercial viewpoint should be capable of use in a tremendous number of diiierent applications as opposed to finding possible recourse in the utilization of many difi'erent and varying steel compositions (or those requiring heat treatments) for the same applications.
  • a particular steel may possess certain properties which are quite good, but at the same time be afiiicted with one or more inferior properties which would limit its application.
  • a hot-rolled steel is to be versatile of application, as in accordance with the present invention, it should possess (1) a yield strength of at least 70,000 p.s.i., (2) good impact properties at relatively low temperature as well as at room temperature and above, e.g., over 15 foot-pounds (ft-lbs.) at 50 F. and over at least 75 ft.-lbs. at room temperature as measured by the Charpy V-notch test, (3) a tensile elongation of over 20%, (4) good formability, including a reduction of area of at least about 60%, (5) and (6) good corrosion resistance characteristics.
  • embrittlement is an ever present obstacle attendant the precipitation treatment and to minimize this problem, molybdenum with or without aluminum has been considered necessary. Further, it has been common practice to normalize prior hot-rolled steels to efifect improved properties, e.g., impact strength,
  • ductility tensile elongation
  • buckling strength of a formed structural member in large measure is dependent upon the smallest radius of bending that can be used.
  • special lowhydrogen fluxes are necessary to avoid underbead cracking. Should the most economical submerged arc welding methods be used, lower yield strengths result and embrittlement of the weld heat-affected zone is encountered.
  • alloy steels having the following ranges: carbon in an amount up to 0.08%, about 0.1% to about 1% manganese, silicon from about 0.03% to less than 0.5%, about 0.9% to about 2% copper, about 0.5% to about 2.5% nickel, about 0.005% to about 0.25% columbium and the balance essentially iron.
  • the yield strength of the alloy steels is virtually insensitive to carbon content. That is to say, the alloy steels of the present invention are not dependent upon carbon content for strength as is the case with many other prior art steels.
  • a small amount of carbon e.g., 0.01%, is necessary to combine with the Columbium upon cooling from the hotworking operation in order to achieve a small ferrite grain size. While it is most advantageous that the carbon content not exceed 0.06%, there are commercial applications which do not require optimum formability, impact toughness, and weldability (which are afforded by alloy steels within the invention in which the carbon content advantageously does not exceed about 0.06%). In such cases, the carbon content can be extended up to about 0.19%. Because of the extremely low carbon content that can be employed and because of the virtual insensitivity of yield strength to carbon content, the steels can be decarburized during processing without incurring a detrimental loss of strength.
  • the manganese content of the alloy steels at least 0.1% should be present to obviate fabricating diificulties attributable to such elements as sulfur and to avoid cracking during hot rolling. It is preferred that the manganese be less than about 1% since it has been found that higher amounts adversely affect impact properties. Silicon should be kept as low as is consistent with commercial steelmaking practice. As mentioned hereinbefore, high amounts of silicon, e.g., 0.75%, lead to a steel which contains an undesirably high number of inclusions which can adversely affect certain desired properties. Copper is a most essential element in accordance with the invention and where precipitation hardening is desired, at least 1% copper should be present.
  • columbium is important since hot-rolled steels devoid of columbium are quite inferior in various properties, particularly yield strength. Columbium is not present in the hot-rolled steels of the invention to repress the growth of austenite grain size by carbide action as would be the case, for example, in carburizing steels. Rather, columbium must first, in order to obtain the enhanced properties in accordance with the invention, be dissolved in the steel during heating prior to hot rolling. It will be appreciated that heating of the steels to high temperatures, e.g., over about 2000 F, is necessary in accordance with the present invention in order for the hot rolling and/ or hot working operations to be carried out successfully.
  • the austenite grain size increases when the steels are heated to rolling temperature but it is broken down during hot working. It is considered that the beneficial effects of columbium are actually imparted upon the transformation of the steel from austenite to ferrite during cooling of the hot-rolled steels from austenitizing temperatures. The transformation reaction occurs so rapidly upon air-cooling that it acts somewhat as a triggering mechanism for columbium in its role of providing a small ferrite grain size, e.g., A.S.T.M.
  • the steels must be in the austenitic condition
  • the Columbium must be dissolved in the austenite
  • the austenite must be subjected to heavy plastic deformation, e.g., by hot rolling, hot working, forging, etc.
  • the steels, after the hot rolling operation must be cooled through the transformation range at a rate approximating that employed in the air-cooling of a steel plate.
  • Table II illustrates that each of the alloy steels manifested a yield point of well over 70,000 p.s.i. in the hotrolled condition, a strength that could be further im .proved by the application of the simple precipitation .Thus, for optimum results it is advantageous that the carbon content hot exceed about 0.06%.
  • the term balance when used to indicate the amount of iron in the alloy steels does not exclude the presence of other elements commonly present as incidental elements, e.g., deoxidizing and cleaning elements, and impurities ordinarily associated therewith in small amounts which do not adversely afiect the basic characteristics of the steels.
  • the terms hot-rolled or asrolled as used herein are intended to include, as those skilled in the art will readily understand, such operations as the application of finishing passes or temper rolling.
  • An alloy steel consisting essentially of carbon in an amount up to 0.19%, about 0.1% to about 1% manganese, silicon from about 0.03% to less than 0.5%, about 0.9% to about 2% copper, about 0.5% to about 2.5% nickel, the ratio of copper to nickel not exceeding about 2 to 1, about 0.005% to about 0.25% columbium, alu minum in a small but effective amount up to 0.5 suflicient to insure good deoxidation, and the balance essentially iron.

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GB46698/63A GB982448A (en) 1962-12-03 1963-11-26 Alloy steel
ES294013A ES294013A1 (es) 1962-12-03 1963-11-29 Mejoras introducidas en la fabricación de aceros aleados
AT960263A AT251621B (de) 1962-12-03 1963-12-02 Beruhigter legierter Stahl
DK562763AA DK103259C (da) 1962-12-03 1963-12-02 Legeret stål til anvendelse i varmvalset tilstand.
CH1469863A CH425243A (fr) 1962-12-03 1963-12-02 Acier allié
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US3247031A (en) * 1963-10-14 1966-04-19 Armco Steel Corp Method of hot rolling nickel-iron magnetic sheet stock
US3303061A (en) * 1964-05-07 1967-02-07 American Metal Climax Inc Bainitic iron alloys
US3386862A (en) * 1966-06-22 1968-06-04 Ford Motor Co High strength structural steel
US3635770A (en) * 1964-05-20 1972-01-18 Hitachi Ltd Alloy steels for use at low temperatures
US3864809A (en) * 1973-03-29 1975-02-11 Int Nickel Co Process of producing by powder metallurgy techniques a ferritic hot forging of low flow stress
US3899368A (en) * 1973-12-13 1975-08-12 Republic Steel Corp Low alloy, high strength, age hardenable steel
DE2819227A1 (de) * 1978-05-02 1979-11-15 Salzgitter Peine Stahlwerke Manganstahl
US4210445A (en) * 1977-10-18 1980-07-01 Kobe Steel, Ltd. Niobium-containing weldable structural steel having good weldability
US4662950A (en) * 1985-11-05 1987-05-05 Bethlehem Steel Corporation Method of making a steel plate for construction applications
WO2013106069A1 (en) * 2012-01-09 2013-07-18 Consolidated Metal Products, Inc. Welded hot-rolled high-strength steel structural members and method

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US2046168A (en) * 1933-10-04 1936-06-30 Union Carbide & Carbon Corp Machine element
US2158651A (en) * 1936-06-24 1939-05-16 Electro Metallurg Co Steel
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US2443932A (en) * 1945-11-30 1948-06-22 Carnegie Illinois Steel Corp Welded steel articles and method for making same
US3010822A (en) * 1961-01-23 1961-11-28 Nat Steel Corp Columbium containing steels, process for their manufacture and articles prepared therefrom

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3247031A (en) * 1963-10-14 1966-04-19 Armco Steel Corp Method of hot rolling nickel-iron magnetic sheet stock
US3303061A (en) * 1964-05-07 1967-02-07 American Metal Climax Inc Bainitic iron alloys
US3635770A (en) * 1964-05-20 1972-01-18 Hitachi Ltd Alloy steels for use at low temperatures
US3386862A (en) * 1966-06-22 1968-06-04 Ford Motor Co High strength structural steel
US3864809A (en) * 1973-03-29 1975-02-11 Int Nickel Co Process of producing by powder metallurgy techniques a ferritic hot forging of low flow stress
US3899368A (en) * 1973-12-13 1975-08-12 Republic Steel Corp Low alloy, high strength, age hardenable steel
US4210445A (en) * 1977-10-18 1980-07-01 Kobe Steel, Ltd. Niobium-containing weldable structural steel having good weldability
DE2819227A1 (de) * 1978-05-02 1979-11-15 Salzgitter Peine Stahlwerke Manganstahl
US4662950A (en) * 1985-11-05 1987-05-05 Bethlehem Steel Corporation Method of making a steel plate for construction applications
WO2013106069A1 (en) * 2012-01-09 2013-07-18 Consolidated Metal Products, Inc. Welded hot-rolled high-strength steel structural members and method

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