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Chinese Journal of Materials Research  2020, Vol. 34 Issue (10): 793-800    DOI: 10.11901/1005.3093.2020.071
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Microstructural Control and the Mechanism of Strength-ductility for 1 GPa Grade TRIP-assisted BF Steel
HOU Xiaoying(), SUN Weihua, JIN Guangyu, WANG Yeqin, HAO Liang, CAO Guangming, REN Dong, YIN Jili
Shandong Iron & Steel Group Rizhao Co. Ltd. , Rizhao 276805, China
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HOU Xiaoying, SUN Weihua, JIN Guangyu, WANG Yeqin, HAO Liang, CAO Guangming, REN Dong, YIN Jili. Microstructural Control and the Mechanism of Strength-ductility for 1 GPa Grade TRIP-assisted BF Steel. Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2020, 34(10): 793-800.

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Abstract  

In order to pursue energy-saving, economic, lightweight as the goal, the so called transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP) effect was utilized to solve the contradiction for improving strength and plasticity simultaneously for steel products. Hence, following the above mentioned technology, a series of 1 GPa grade TRIP-assisted bainitic ferrite (BF) steel products were produced, while the microstructure, strength and ductility were investigated for steels subjected to various type of microstructural controlling. The results show that the steel with the microstructure composed of c.a. (75~85)% of bainitic ferrite and ≥15% of retained austenite may be acquired advantageously. For that purpose the reasonable chemical composition design and the initial hot-rolled steel was controlled to be with the microstructure composed of (20~30)% of ferrite and (70~80)% of needle-like bainite as the prerequisite, thereby, the comprehensive mechanical properties could be ensured for 1 GPa grade TRIP-assisted BF steel. The reasonable proportion of a dual phase structure and the morphology features have great influence on the strength and ductility of the TRIP-assisted BF steel. While the lamellar retained austenite with the width within the range of 80~130 nm were distributed uniformly in the matrix structure of 82% bainitic ferrite, through the compatible deformation between dual phases the excellent comprehensive mechanical properties were achieved, namely the elongation rate was 20.3%, and the product of tensile strength and ductility reached to 22.0 GPa· %. The strength reached to 1099 MPa when the lath width of bainitic ferrite was within the range of 0.15~0.45 μm and the width of lamellar-like retained austenites was within the range of 50~90nm. When the steel was subjected to a sudden collision the residual austenites(about 6%)may be induced to response a secondary TRIP effect so that to increase its energy absorption ability, hence improving the anti-collision ability of the relevant automobile parts.

Key words:  metallic materials      1 GPa grade TRIP-assisted BF steel      microstructural control      the mechanism of strength and ductility     
Received:  05 March 2020     
ZTFLH:  TG111  
Fund: Shandong Municipal Science and Technology Project(2019TSLH0103)

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https://www.cjmr.org/EN/10.11901/1005.3093.2020.071     OR     https://www.cjmr.org/EN/Y2020/V34/I10/793

Process

Hot rolling

process

Pickling-rolling process

Continuous annealing

process

Temper-rolling process

Soaking temperature

/℃

Rough rolling temperature

/℃

Final rolling temperature

/℃

Coiling temperature

/℃

Reductemperatureion amount

/%

Soaking temperature

/℃

Soaking time

/s

Aging temperature

/℃

Aging time

/s

Elongation

/%

1240~1260105086555060.009301203903600.7
1240~1260105086555060.009101203903600.7
1240~1260105086555060.009101203703600.7
Table 1  Technology parameters of hot rolling, picking-rolling and continuous annealing
Fig.1  SEM microstructures of initial hot rolled sheet (process Ⅱ)
Process

RP0.2

/MPa

Rm

/MPa

RP0.2/RmA80/%λ/%

Rm×A80

/GPa·%

Hot-rolled microstructureMicrostructure of TRIP-assisted BF steel
F/%B/%BF/%γ/%
I71510410.68718.65519.423777525
II76410820.70620.37222.020808218
76810990.69919.16721.030708515
Table 2  Mechanical properties and phase volume fractions
Fig.2  Microstructures of 1 GPa grade TRIP-assisted BF steel with different processing (a) process Ⅰ, (b) process Ⅱ, (c) process Ⅲ
Fig.3  TEM images of retained austenite in 1 GPa grade TRIP-assisted BF steel (process Ⅰ) (a) TEM bright field; (b) dark field; (c) the diffraction pattern of the retained austenite marked by circle in Fig.3a
Fig.4  TEM images of retained austenite in 1 GPa grade TRIP-assisted BF steel (process Ⅱ), (a) TEM bright field; (b) dark field; (c) the diffraction pattern of the retained austenite marked by circle in Fig.4a
Fig.5  TEM images of retained austenite in 1 GPa grade TRIP-assisted BF steel (process Ⅲ), (a) TEM bright field; (b) dark field; (c) the diffraction pattern of the retained austenite marked by circle in Fig.5a
Fig.6  Engineering stress-strain curves of 1 GPa grade TRIP-assisted BF steel
Fig.7  EBSD analysis results of misorientation distribution for 1 GPa grade TRIP-assisted BF steel
Fig.8  TEM image of dislocation pile-up existed in matrix (process Ⅱ)
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