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The influence of weld thermal simulation on ICGC HAZ microstructure and mechanical properties of Cu containing Nb-Ti-microalloyed steel has been investigated. Low heat input of 0.7 kJ/mm (simulated fast cooling of Δt 8/5 = 5 s) and high heat input of 4.5 kJ/mm (simulated slow cooling of Δt 8/5 = 61 s) were used to generate double-pass thermal cycles with peak temperatures of 1350 and 800 °C, respectively. The microstructure after high heat input mainly consisted of polygonal and quasi-polygonal ferrite (QF) grains with certain amount of acicular ferrite, whereas, after the low heat input, microstructure mainly consisted of lath or elongated bainite–ferrite, QF and M–A constituents. The size of ferrite grains decreased and volume of M/A constituents increased with fast cooling rate. The precipitation characteristics were found to be similar in both cooling rates. However, the precipitation of Cu-related phases was promoted by slow cooling rate. By fast cooling rate, the investigated steel exhibited an increase in hardness from 187HV to 197HV. Consequently higher yield strength with considerable loss in the (−10 °C) CTOD fracture toughness (δfast cooling = 0.86 mm and δslow cooling = 1.12 mm) were demonstrated.
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The authors are grateful to the management of POSCO for providing research materials of this investigation and for the permission to publish the article. In addition, we are in debt to the Post Doc. Fellowship program of the KOSEF, Republic of Korea, for sponsoring the visit of Dr. A.E. Amer, Cairo—Egypt at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)—Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
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Amer, A.E., Koo, M.Y., Lee, K.H. et al. Effect of welding heat input on microstructure and mechanical properties of simulated HAZ in Cu containing microalloyed steel. J Mater Sci 45, 1248–1254 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-009-4074-7
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