Influence of heat treatment process on microstructure and property of Al-Si coated hot forming steel
MA Wen-yu1,2,3, LI Xue-tao1,2,3, ZHENG Xue-bin1,2,3, HAO Yu-lin1,2,3, XU De-chao1,2,3, PAN Yue1,2,3
1. Research Institute of Technology, Shougang Group Co., Ltd., Beijing 100043, China; 2. Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Recycling Process for Iron and Steel Production Technology, Beijing 100043, China; 3. Beijing Engineering Research Center of Energy Steel, Beijing 100043, China
Abstract:In order to study the effect of heat treatment process parameters on the microstructure and property of Al-Si coated hot forming steel, the effect of heating temperature and soaking time on hardness, microstructure, layer thickness and layer content of Al-Si-coated hot forming steel was mainly researched. The results show that when heating temperature is not higher than 900 ℃, the hardness of Al-Si-coated hot forming steel increases with the increase of soaking time. When the heating temperature is higher than 900 ℃, the hardness of Al-Si-coated hot forming steel decreases with the increase of soaking time. When heating temperature is 850-930 ℃, and soaking time are 4 min and 8 min, the microstructure transfers to martensite phase during die quenching process. At a constant heating temperature, the layer thickness of Al-Si-coated hot forming steel increases with the increase of soaking time. When the heating temperature increases to 930 ℃, the coating volatilizes seriously due to oxidation, which makes the layer to be thinner. So, heating temperature of Al-Si-coated hot forming steel should be controlled below 930 ℃. The increase of heating temperature and soaking time enhances the element diffusion, so the concentration of Si element continually diffuses around and decreases the content and area of concentrated Si element. At the same time, Fe element diffuses into coating layer significantly and the content of Fe element increases. The coating oxidizes remarkably at elevated temperature. The oxidation accelerates the nucleation and growth of microvoid.
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