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Impact of Mo content on the microstructure– toughness relationship in the coarse-grained heat-affected zone of high-strength low-alloy steels

  • Yuxin Cao , Xiangliang Wan EMAIL logo , Feng Zhou , Yu Shen , Yu Liu , Guangqiang Li and Kaiming Wu

Abstract

The present study elucidates the influence of Mo content on the microstructure – toughness relationship in the coarsegrained heat-affected zone of high-strength low-alloy steels. The low-Mo and high-Mo steels were subjected to 100 kJ cm–1 heat input welding thermal cycling. The results indicated that (Ti,Mo)-carbonitrides were formed in high-Mo steel, whereas (Ti,Nb)-carbonitrides were formed in low-Mo steel. The finer and dispersed precipitates in high-Mo steel refined the prior austenite grain in the coarse-grained heat-affected zone based on the grain boundary pinning effect. However, the smaller prior austenite grain and excessive Mo content induced the formation of an entirely bainitic microstructure in high-Mo steel. Furthermore, a higher fraction of martensite –austenite constituents was observed in high-Mo steel. These results could be responsible for the deterioration of the toughness in the coarse-grained heat-affected zone of high-Mo steel.


Dr Xiangliang Wan The State Key Laboratory of Refractories and Metallurgy Wuhan University of Science and Technology 430081 Wuhan P. R. China

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Received: 2020-04-14
Accepted: 2020-11-02
Published Online: 2021-02-19

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