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Role of Microstructural Constituents on Surface Crack Formation During Hot Rolling of Standard and Low Nickel Austenitic Stainless Steels
Received date: 2012-11-03
Revised date: 2012-12-15
Online published: 2013-03-14
The effect of alloy segregation and delta (δ) ferrite contents on surface cracking of three standard (i.e. AISI 304L, AISI 310S and AISI 321) and two low nickel (i.e. LNi-1 and LNi-0.3) austenitic stainless steels (ASS) during hot rolling was investigated using optical microscopy (OM), automatic image analyzer, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and electron probe micro analyzer (EPMA). It was observed that the amount of δ-ferrite varied among different grades and also distributed heterogeneously across the width of the steel plates. In general, low nickel ASS showed higher amount of δ-ferrite compared to the standard ASS grades. The tendency to surface cracking during hot rolling gradually increased with increasing δ-ferrite content. Interestingly, carbon and nitrogen exerted maximum effect onδ-ferrite formation. The higher carbon and nitrogen content in the steel decreasedδ-ferrite content. In addition, the segregation of Cu and Mn plays significant role in low nickel ASS and Ni-Cr in case of standard ASS has profound effect on surface cracking of the steel plates. A possible cause of surface crack formation/origination in steel plates during hot rolling was discussed.
Manidipto Mukherjee , Tapan Kumar Pal . Role of Microstructural Constituents on Surface Crack Formation During Hot Rolling of Standard and Low Nickel Austenitic Stainless Steels[J]. Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters), 2013 , 26(2) : 206 -216 . DOI: 10.1007/s40195-012-0200-7
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