The influence of niobium content on austenite grain growth in microalloyed steels

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Annan, Kofi Ahomkah
Siyasiya, Charles Witness
Stumpf, Waldo E.

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Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

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The relationship between niobium content and austenite grain growth has been investigated through hot rolling simulation on a Bähr dilatometer. The effect of delay time between passes during rough rolling in Nbmicroalloyed steels with nitrogen contents typical for electric arc furnace (EAF) melting was studied. The results indicate that the grain growth constants n, Q, and A increase with an increase in Nb content. The activation energy for austenite grain growth Q was found to be in the range of 239 to 572 kJ/mol, the exponential constant n ranged from 2.8 to 6.2, and the material and processing condition constant A from 4.24 × 1012 to 4.96 × 1028, for steels with niobium contents ranging from 0.002% Nb to 0.1% Nb. A general constitutive equation for the prediction of austenite grain growth in these Nb-microalloyed steels under rough rolling conditions has been developed. Good agreement between the experimental and the predicted values was achieved with this constitutive equation.

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Constitutive equation, Austenite grain growth, Microalloying, Deformation, Electric arc furnace (EAF)

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Annan, KA, Siyasiya, CW & Stumpf, WE 2015, 'The influence of niobium content on austenite grain growth in microalloyed steels', Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, vol. 115, pp. 973-980.