Heat Treatment of Metals ›› 2021, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (5): 32-37.DOI: 10.13251/j.issn.0254-6051.2021.05.005

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Phase transformation behaviors of ultra high strength cord steel LX92A in continuous cooling and isothermal cooling

Li Zhanwei, Shen Kui, Yu Xuesen, Zhang Yu   

  1. The Institute of Research of Iron & Steel, Sha-steel, Zhangjiagang Jiangsu 215625, China
  • Received:2020-10-14 Online:2021-05-25 Published:2021-07-21

Abstract: The transformation behaviors of ultra high strength cord steel LX92A in continuous cooling and isothermal cooling after compressively deforming of 60% at 920 ℃ were studied by thermal simulation. The results show that the cooling rates of 0.5 K/s and below in continuous cooling produce network cementite at grain boundaries. When cooling rate reaches 1 K/s or above, the cementite becomes line-shaped and its quantity decreases with the increase of cooling rate; and when the cooling rate increases above 15 K/s, martensitic transformation occurs. For the isothermal cooling, the temperature range of pearlitic transformation is 550-700 ℃, and the nose tip temperature is about 604 ℃. With the decrease of isothermal transformation temperature, the microstructure changes from coarse lamellar pearlite to lamellar pearlite, fine lamellar pearlite, till bainite appears at 525 ℃. Predictive models of pearlite lamellar spacing based on the degree of undercooling and cooling rate are obtained by regression analysis, with their fitness factors reach above 0.99 and 0.97, respectively.

Key words: ultra high strength cord steel, continuous cooling, isothermal transformation, pearlite, interlamellar spacing

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