The effect of phase transformations in the process of electrom-beam 3D-printing and post-built heat treatment on the peculiarities of plastic deformation and fracture of high nitrogen Cr-Mn steel
We investigated the phase composition, plastic deformation and fracture micromechanisms of Fe-(25-26)Cr-(5-12)Mn-0.15C-0.55N (wt. %) high-nitrogen chromium-manganese steel. Obtained by the method of electron-beam 3D-printing (additive manufacturing) and subjected to a heat treatment (at a temperature of 1150°C following by quenching). To establish the effect of the electron-beam 3D-printing process on the phase composition, microstructure and mechanical properties of high-nitrogen steel, a comparison was made with the data for Fe-21Cr-22Mn-0.15C-0.53N austenitic steel (wt. %) obtained by traditional methods (casting and heat treatment) and used as a raw material for additive manufacturing. It was experimentally established that in the specimens obtained by additive manufacturing method, depletion of the steel composition by manganese in the electron-beam 3D-printing and post-built heat treatment contributes to the formation of a macroscopically and microscopically inhomogeneous two-phase structure. In the steel specimens, macroscopic regions of irregular shape with large ferrite grains or a two-phase austenite-ferrite structure (microscopic inhomogeneity) were observed. Despite the change in the concentration of the basic elements (chromium and manganese) in additive manufacturing, a high concentration of interstitial atoms (nitrogen and carbon) remains in steel. This contributes to the macroscopically heterogeneous distribution of interstitial atoms in the specimens - the formation of a supersaturated interstitial solid solution in the austenitic regions due to the low solubility of nitrogen and carbon in the ferrite regions. This inhomogeneous heterophase (ferrite-austenite) structure has high strength properties, good ductility and work hardening, which are close to those of the specimens of the initial high-nitrogen austenitic steel used as the raw material for additive manufacturing.
Keywords
nitrogen steel, additive technologies, electron-beam 3D-printing, austenite, ferrite, plastic deformation, fractureAuthors
Name | Organization | |
Astafurova E.G. | Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science of SB RAS | elena.g.astafurova@ispms.ru |
Reunova K.A. | Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science of SB RAS | reunova.ksenya@mail.ru |
Astafurov S.V. | Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science of SB RAS | svastafurov@gmail.com |
Panchenko M.Yu. | Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science of SB RAS | panchenko.marina4@gmail.com |
Melnikov E.V. | Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science of SB RAS | melnickow.jenya@yandex.ru |
Moskvina V.A. | Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science of SB RAS | valya_moskvina@mail.ru |
Maier G.G. | Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science of SB RAS | galinazg@yandex.ru |
Rubtsov V.E. | Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science of SB RAS | rvy@ispms.ru |
Kolubaev E.A. | Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science of SB RAS | eak@ispms.tsc.ru |
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