Heat Treatment of Metals ›› 2022, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (9): 194-201.DOI: 10.13251/j.issn.0254-6051.2022.09.034

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Control of δ-ferrite content and austenite grain size in 0Cr16Ni5Mo martensite stainless steel

Tian Wei, Pan Wei, Zhong Qingyuan   

  1. Testing Center, AVIC Shangda Superalloy Material Co. , Ltd. , Xingtai Hebei 054800, China
  • Received:2022-06-03 Revised:2022-07-31 Published:2022-10-18

Abstract: δ-ferrite content of 0Cr16Ni5Mo steel was found to exceed the value specified in the technical agreement. In order to reduce the content of δ-ferrite while control the austenite grain size to meet the service requirement, the causes of ferrite formation were analyzed through theoretical calculations and thermodynamic simulation, and the microstructure and change of δ-ferrite content of the 0Cr16Ni5Mo steel were investigated by means of quenching and high temperature diffusion treatment at different temperatures. In addition, two kinds of cyclic heat treatments were used to control the austenitic grain size. The test results show that with the increase of quenching temperature, the austenite grain size of the 0Cr16Ni5Mo steel increases continuously, but the reduction of δ-ferrite content is relatively limited. The high temperature diffusion can reduce the δ-ferrite content obviously, however, when the diffusion temperature is higher than the transformation temperature of austenite to δ-ferrite, the δ-ferrite dissolution is relatively delayed. After high temperature diffusion at 1130 ℃, a variable temperature cyclic phase transformation heat treatment at 850 ℃ and 830 ℃ can be used to eliminate the martensitic inheritance and uniformly refine the austenitic grains.

Key words: 0Cr16Ni5Mo steel, microstructure, δ-ferrite, heat treatment, austenite grain size

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