CA2005466A1 - Air-cooling duplex bainite-martensite steels - Google Patents
Air-cooling duplex bainite-martensite steelsInfo
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
Air-hardenable steels of duplex bainite/martensite microstructure consisting essentially of 0.10 to 0.7% C, 0.1 to 2% Si, 2.1 to 3.5% Mn, 0.0005 to 0.005% B, up to 3.5% Cr and preferably containing Cr in amount of at least 0.1%, balance Fe except for incidental impurities. Optional elements are up to 1.5% W, 1.0% Mo, 0.15% V, 0.2% S, 0.1% Ca, 0.1% Pb, 0.1% Ti and 0.2% total rare earths. At least 1.0% Cr is especially preferred and if below such amount, total Mn and Si is at least 3% and in such case, if C is under 0.47%, at least 0.6% Si is present. The steels are hardenable to Rc 20 to Rc 58 and have a hardenable diameter in the range between 35 mm and 80 to 100 mm by air-cooling only, together with good strength, toughness and fatigue- and wear-resistance.
Air-hardenable steels of duplex bainite/martensite microstructure consisting essentially of 0.10 to 0.7% C, 0.1 to 2% Si, 2.1 to 3.5% Mn, 0.0005 to 0.005% B, up to 3.5% Cr and preferably containing Cr in amount of at least 0.1%, balance Fe except for incidental impurities. Optional elements are up to 1.5% W, 1.0% Mo, 0.15% V, 0.2% S, 0.1% Ca, 0.1% Pb, 0.1% Ti and 0.2% total rare earths. At least 1.0% Cr is especially preferred and if below such amount, total Mn and Si is at least 3% and in such case, if C is under 0.47%, at least 0.6% Si is present. The steels are hardenable to Rc 20 to Rc 58 and have a hardenable diameter in the range between 35 mm and 80 to 100 mm by air-cooling only, together with good strength, toughness and fatigue- and wear-resistance.
Description
20054~;6 AIR-COOLING DUPLEX BAINITE-MARTENSITE STEELS
Technical Field This invention relates to new steels having a duplex microstructure of bainite and martensite upon air-cooling after hot forming, as by casting or hot forging or rolling and exhibit high hardenability without quenching, together with high strength, toughness and wear resistant properties. Such characteristics suit the steels, for example, to the economical manufacture of structural and equipment parts, fasteners, and dies and other wear-resistant articles.
Background of the Invention Steels used for structural and wear-resistant applications include, for e~ample, high manganese steels and certain medium carbon steels with or without the hardening and strengthening elements chromium, nickel or molybdenum--such as SAE 4140, SAE 3140 and SAE 1345. High manganese alloy steels are expensive and require complicated heat treatment to develop required properties. For example, such steels commonly are reheated, for example to around 1100C, after hot working and then water quenched to form austenite. Heat treatment of SAE
3140, SAE 4140 and SAE 1345 steels also is complicated, requiring oil quenching and high temperature tempering. ~he strength, toughness and wear-resistance properties of the less expensive steels such as SAE 1345 are quite low.
Such shortcomings of prior art steels were partially overcome by certain medium carbon and medium-high carbon, manganese-boron bainite steels as described in Chinese patent application numbers 86103008 and 87100365. Such steels, having a duplex bainite-martensite structure after air-cooling, are simply processed, have low cost and good strength, toughness and wear resistance. However, such steels have relatively low hardenability after air-cooling. For example, they are hardenable by air-cooling to a hardenable diameter of only about 20 mm. Within such limits, these steels are useful in a forged or rolled condition; they are not useful for application as castings of larger section thicknesses. Attention also is directed to certain low carbon, Mn-Si-B steels, having a principally bainitic structure, as disclosed in United States patent application Number 083,130. Use of such steels provides full section hardenability of bars with a cross-section diameter of at least 30 mm.
The term ~hardenable diameter~ is commonly used to describe the maximum depth dimension throughout which an article is hardenable to a particular hardness level. This term refers to the diameter of a test specimen, normally in the form of a rod or bar having a uniform cross-section normal to the specimen length.
The compositions of such prior art steels, in weight percent, are given in Table 1.
ZOOS~66 Table 1 C Mn S; Cr Ni Mo 8 H;gh Manganeso 1.0 11 0.3 Steel to 1.4X to 14X to 0.9X
SAE 3140 0.37 0.5 0.2 0.45 1.0 to 0.44% to 0.ô% to 0.4% to 0.75% to 1.4%
SAE 4140 0.38 0.5 0.2 0.9 0.15 to 0.45% to 0.8% to 0.4% to 1.2% to 0.25%
SAE 1345 0.42 1.4 0.2 to 0.49X to l.ôX to 0.4X
Ch~nosQ Appl~. 0.31 2.1 0.1 0.0005 No. 8~103008 to 0.46% to 3.4% to 1.5% to 0.005X
Chinese Appln. 0.47 2.1 0.1 0,0005 NG. 87100365 to 0.60X to 3.5X to l.sX to 0.005X
U.S. Appln. 0.10 2.0 0.3 No. 053,130 to 0.25X to 3.2X to 1.5X
The last three Table 1 steels optionally may contain up to 1.5%
of tungsten or chromium, up to 1% molybdenum and up to 0.15%
vanadium.
Disclosure of Invention An outstanding contribution of the duplex bainite-martensite steels of this invention is that high hardness levels can be obtained throughout a hardenable diameter substantially greater than is obtainable with previously known steels. These new steels contain, as essential elements, carbon, silicon, manganese and boron. The steels also contain chromium, although in one embodiment of the invention chromium may be omitted if the manganese, carbon and silicon contents are present in sufficiently large amounts to provide the desired structure and properties, as hereinafter described. The steels are useful either in the forged or rolled or in the cast condition, followed by air-cooling from above the austenitizing temperature, e.g.
about 820-950 deg. C, without quenching or tempering or, for some applications, with tempering only. The hardenability characteristics of these stsels, together with their high strength, toughness and wear resistance, and the long-term property stability of the steels, admirably suit them to a wide variety of applications such as the manufacture of various forged structural articles; cast articles of high wear-resistance such as grinding and crusher liner plates, balls and rods, as well as wear-resistant articles such as dies which must accept and retain a high surface finish free of cracks and dimensional changes caused by the thermal shock of quenching.
The steels of this invention utilize only relatively small amounts of low-cost elements such as manganese, silicon and boron, and the element chromium which is relatively less scarce and expensive as compared to molybdenum and tungsten which are used in many prior art steels for such applications. A broad composition range of the new steels, in weight percent, is given in Table 2.
200~466 Table 2 element composition ranae. wt%
C 0.10 to 0.7 Mn 2.1 to 3.5 Cr up to 3.5 Si up to 2.0 B 0.0005 to 0.005 Fe balance.
A more limited range of the Table 2 steels includes at least 0.15~ carbon, at least 0.10% silicon and at leaæt 0.10~
chromium. In each case, one or more other alloying elements optionally may be added as follows:
element composition ranae. wt%
W up to 1.5 Mo up to 1.0 V up to O.lS
S up to 0.2 Ca up to 0.1 Pb up to 0.1 Ti Up to 0.1 rare earth elements up to 0.2 Chromium preferably is provided in an amount of at least 0.6% and preferably over 1% and up to 2%, especially in steels containing under about 0.5~ carbon. If chromium is omitted, or when it is present in an amount under 1%, a combined manganese and silicon rontent of at least about 3% i9 used; and the silicon content of such steels should be at least 0.6% where carbon is under about 0.5%, and at least about 0.8% where the carbon content of such low chromium or chromium-free steels is under 0.2%. Such proportioning of the elements, manganese, silicon and chromium, together with carbon and boron, provides enhanced hardenability in the present steels by air-cooling only. In particular, we have found that the addition of chromium and/or the use of the elements manganese, silicon and carbon in the described range and compositional balance is necessary for obtaining such hardenability and therefore for practical casting applications and for more rigorous forged product applications requiring a combination of high hardenability, strength and toughness. Where chromium is 1~ or more and the steel composition is balanced as above-described, the hardenable diameter is at least 35 mm. Hardenable diameter up to about 80 to 100 mm. i8 achievable. If Cr i8 over 1.0~ and Si is over 0.8~, in the lower or medium carbon ranges from 0.10 to about 0.46~, Rockwell hardnesses upwardly of about Rc 20 to Rc 40 or 50 are obtainable. As carbon content of the new steels is increased to the medium high range of 0.47 to 0.7%, attainable hardness of the steels exceeds Rc 50 to Rc 58.
For specific applications, the steel composition can be varied within the above-described element ranges. Proper balance of carbon with other alloying elements provides a good combination of strength and toughness. If carbon is less than 0.10%, steel strength is too low; if higher than about 0.70%, toughness of the steel is too low. If carbon and chromium are too low, for example, below about 0.47% and 1% respectively, hardenability is adversely affected unless manganese and silicon are used in the minimum amounts above-described.
Formation of bainite after air-cooling depends upon addition of the proper amounts of manganese and boron which influence the position of the time-temperature-transformation (the "T-T-T~) and the continuous-cooling-transformation (the "C-C-T") curves of the steel.
Hardenability of the steel also can be further enhanced by use of the optional element molybdenum which also aids in avoiding temper brittleness.
The carbide-forming elements vanadium and titanium can be added for grain refinement.
The new steels are easily machined. Machinability can be further enhanced by additions of sulfur, calcium or lead.
Rare earths may be added for spheroidizing sulfide inclusions.
Best Mode of Practicing the Invention Esemplary, more specific, compositional ranges are given in Tables 3 to 22, wherein the aforesaid principles are to be taken into account, including the described balancing of the required elements C, Cr, Si and Mn.
Table 3 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element composition ranae wt~
C 0.10 to 0.25 Mn 2.1 to 2.7 Tabl,,e, ~
A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element composi~io.n range. wt%
C 0.10 to 0.25 Mn 2.4 to 3.5 Table 5 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element composition ranae. wt%
C 0.10 to 0.25 Mn 2.1 to 2.7 Cr 0.1 to 1.5 Table 6 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element composition ranae, wt%
C 0.10 to 0.25 Mn 2.1 to 2.7 Cr 1.6 to 3.5 Table 7 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element composition ranae. wt%
C 0.10 to 0.25 Mn 2.4 to 3.5 Cr 0.1 to 1.5 Ta~le~ 8 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
elemen~ composition range. wt%
C 0.10 to 0.25 Mn 2.4 to 3.5 Cr 1.6 to 3.5 Table 9 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element compQsition ~ange. wt%
C 0.26 to 0.34 Mn 2.1 to 2.7 Table 10 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element composition range. wt%
C 0.26 to 0.34 Mn 2.4 to 3.5 Table 11 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
elemen~ composition range. wt%
C 0.26 to 0.34 Mn 2.1 to 2.7 Cr 0.1 to 1.5 2(~05466 Tablç 12 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element composi~_Qn range, wt%
C 0.26 ~o 0.34 Mn 2.1 to 2.7 Cr 1.6 to 3.5 Table 13 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
eleme~ composition range, wt%
C 0.26 to 0.34 Mn 2.4 to 3.5 Cr 0.1 to 1.5 ~akl~ 14 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
eleme~ composition ranqe, wt~
C 0,26 to 0,34 Mn 2.4 to 3.5 Cr 1.6 to 3.5 Table 15 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element composition ranae. wt~
C 0.35 to 0.46 Mn 2.1 to 2.7 Table 16 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element cQmPosition range. wt%
C 0.35 to 0.46 Mn 2.4 to 3.5 Table 17 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element composition range. wt%
C 0.35 to 0.46 Mn 2.1 to 2.7 Cr 0.1 to 1.5 ~a~le 18 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element composition ~ng~ wt%
C 0.35 to 0.46 Mn 2.1 to 2.7 Cr 1.6 to 3.5 ~ble 19 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element ~omposition rang~, wt%
C 0.35 to 0.46 Mn 2.4 to 3.5 Cr 0.1 to 1.5 Table 20 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
elemen~ composition range, wt%
C 0.35 to 0.46 Mn 2.4 to 3.5 Cr 1.6 to 3.5 Table 21 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element composition range. wt%
C 0.47 to 0.70 Mn 2.1 to 2.7 Table 22 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element composition range, wt%
C 0.47 to 0.70 Mn 2.4 to 3.5 Takle 23 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element composition ranae. wt%
C 0.47 to 0.70 Mn 2.1 to 2.7 Cr 0.1 to 1.5 Tablç,,~
A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
elemçnt compo$ition,~ange, wt%' C 0.47 to 0.70 Mn 2.4 to 3.5 Cr 1.6 to 3.5 Tab~e 25 A compoæition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
el~çn~ composition ~,ange,,,w~%
C 0.47 to 0.70 Mn 2.4 to 3.5 Cr 0.1 to 1.5 Table 26 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element composition range. wt%
C 0.47 to 0.70 Mn 2.1 to 2.7 Cr 1.6 to 3.5 The low to medium carbon steels of Tables 3 to 14 are particularly useful for the manufacture of cast articles such as liner plates and shock plates of crushers and grinders, as well as rolled or forged structural and machine parts such as oil pump sucker rods, reinforcing rods; bolts, nuts and other fasteners, and automotive axles and connecting rods.
The medium carbon steels of Tables 15-20 are useful, for example, in the production of gear rac~s, various springs, cutting and other elements for mining machines, dies, and wear-resistant pieces.
The higher carbon steels of Tables 21-26, capable of hardening to over Rc 50~ are especially useful as applied, for example, to dies for plastics, rubber and metals, for grinding balls and rods, other wear-resistant pieces, and for hard-facing welding rods.
Exemplary properties of these new steels are illustrated by the following:
0.2X Off-Set Tenslle St2rength Yleld Str2ngth. Impact25trength Hardness Steel TVDe ka/mm _ ka/mm AK. KJ/M (U-notch) Rc Low Carbon > 70 2 50 2 700 2 21 2 > 82 > 63 2 580 2 24 3 > 110 > 85 ~ 450 2 33 4 (free machlnlng) > 70-110 > 50-83 2 700-450 2 21-40 Med;um Carbon ~ 130 > 120 2 300 240-50 2 > 90-130 > 70-120 2 300 2 30-50 Medium-H~gh Carbon - - ~ 100 2 52 Castlng Steel ~ 120 - > 400 240 2 _ _ 2 130 2 50 Weldlng Rod Steel - - - 2 52 The present steels can be smelted in oxygen-blown converters and in electric furnaces.
For casting applications, casting temperature is in the range of about 1500 to 1650 C. After casting, the cast article 20(~4~;6 is reheated and air-cooled and the casting used either directly or after tempering.
Forging, rolling and other hot-forming of the new steels is carried out by heating the steel to or above the austenitizing temperature, for example, to about 1050 C to about 1250 C, finishing at a temperature over about 800 C, and air-cooling.
Specific examples of the steels of thiæ invention are given in Tables 27 and 28.
200S4~6 Table 27 ~Q~ Si ~n ~ ~Q V w ~ ~ Pb Ti 1. 0.10 0.8 0.7 2.80.002 2. 0.18 1.5 0.8 2.30.003 3. 0.20 2.0 1.5 2.50.002 0.08 0.09 4. 0.22 1.5 0.8 2.20.003 5. 0.25 1.6 0.8 2.90.001 0.07 0.09 6. 0.28 1.8 1.5 2.60.002 0.20 7. 0.29 1.6 0.7 2.40.002 8. 0.30 3.0 0.8 2.20.603 9. 0.30 1.8 1.0 2.30.002 0.3 10. 0.32 2.0 0.8 2.70.003 0.08 11. 0.34 2.5 0.6 2.90.001 0.07 0.09 12. 0.35 0.8 0.8 2.30.003 0.10 13. 0.36 3.0 0.6 2.40.002 14. 0.38 1.2 1.0 2.50.002 0.06 15. 0.40 0.8 1.5 2.70.003 0.2 16. 0.40 1.6 0.7 2.80.001 17. 0.42 1.8 1.0 2.30.002 18. 0.42 2.0 0.8 2.70.002 19. 0.43 2.1 0.6 2.40.003 20. 0.43 2.2 0.7 2.60.002 21. 0.45 2.0 1.0 2.70.003 22. 0.45 2.2 0.8 2.60.002 23. 0.46 2.5 0.7 2.50.003 0.3 24. 0.46 2.5 0.6 2.40.003 2~0~466 Table 28 No. C Cr Si ~Q ~ Mo V W S Ca Pb Ti 25Ø49 0.6 1.5 2.60.003 26Ø50 1.3 0.9 2.20.001 27Ø54 0.8 O.S 2.70.003 0.3 28Ø55 2.4 0.7 2.80.002 0.15 29Ø48 1.6 0.5 2.40.002 0.7 30Ø47 1.8 0.5 2.60.002 31Ø49 2.5 0.8 2.30.002 0.07 0.08 32Ø50 1.2 0.9 2.50.002 0.10 33Ø52 0.6 l.S 2.30.002 0.1 34Ø57 1.3 0.7 2.20.003 0.06 35Ø48 3.0 0.6 2.30.002 36Ø49 1.5 1.0 2.40.003 37Ø47 1.8 0.8 2.80.001 38Ø52 2.0 0.9 2.60.002 39Ø49 2.5 1.0 2.90.002 40Ø48 2.5 0.8 2.30.003 Steels having composition as in Examples 2 to 11 of Table 27 were used to produce cast liner plates of crushers.
Caeting temperatures were in the range of 1500-1650 C. The plates were air-cooled after casting or reheated, and subsequently tempered at 150-350 C. The resulting hardness of the plates was greater than Rc 40 Automobile springs and railway springs were made of steels with compositions as in Examples 14 to 24 of Table 27.
Rods for fabrication of the springs were rolled or forged at 1200~850 C, subsequently cooled either in still air or by use of simple fan cooling, and then tempered in the range of 150 to 500 C. Thereafter, the rods were reheated to forging temperature, hot worked to final form, air-cooled and then tempered at 150 to 500 C. After such processing, the steels had a duplex bainite-martensite structure and exhibited yield strengths of at least 120 Kg/mm2 and tensile strengths of at least 130 Kg/mm2. The toughness and fatigue properties of these steels are exemplified in Tables 29 and 30.
Table 29 Fracture Toughness ~roperty this inyentio~(l) comparison steel(2) KIC(3) at least 280 Kg.mm 3/2 200 to 260 Kg.mm 3/2 KISCC~4) at least 110 Kg.mm 3/2 at least 98 Kg.mm 3/2 (1) Example No. 14 of ~able 27.
(2) 60Si2Mn (0.56-0.64% C, 1.5-2.0~ Si, 0.6-0.9% Mn), quenched from 870C in oil and tempered at 480-500C.
(3) KIC is fracture toughness.
~4) KISCC is fracture toughness per stress corrosion cracking test (in 3% NaCl solution).
2005~66 Table 30 Fatigue Properties Tes~ load. Kg~m~2 Fatigue Life, maximum ~inimum No. of cycles. N
this invention(l)100 10 9-12 X 104 comparison steel(2)100 10 5-7 X 104 (1) Example No. 14 of Table 27 (2) 60Si2Mn, quenched from 870C in oil and tempered at 480-500C.
These new steels, developing a duplex bainite/martensite s~ructure hardenable upon air cooling as described, are admirably suitable for the manufacture of precision dies requiring high surface hardness and finish with little shape change during drastic temperature cycling operation, for example, in the manufacture of plastics, rubber, formaldehyde condensation resin products and non-ferrous metal products. For e~ample, dies made from steels having compositions as in Examples 31 to 40 of Table 28 were uniform in microstructure and, because no further heat treatment is needed, they hold their original shape and surface finish. Such dies thus can be made and used with little rejecti~n rate of either the dies themselves or the products made with their use. Similarly, dies were made of steels having compositions as in Examples Nos. 2 to 9 of Table 27. After forging or rolling, Rockwell hardnesses of Rc 35 to Rc 40 were obtained. The steels then were machined into final die shape and directly used without quenching and tempering. These steels having an Rc hardness of 35 to 40 are easily machined.
2005~66 In further illustration of the invention, ingots of the Table 28 compositions were forged or rolled at 850C to 1250C
into the form of die blanks. After cold working, the dies were heated to austenitizinq temperature, 800-950C, and air-cooled and tempered. Bending strengths, crbb of at least 260 Kg.mm2 were obtained. Alternatively, the die blanks may be tempered to obtain a hardness of Rc 35 to Rc 40~ and then machined to final shape in which form they can be directly used, without quenching or further tempering.
Steels having compositions as in Examples 28 to 36 of Table 28 are useful in the manufacture of ball mill grinding balls and other articles of high hardness and superior wear resistance and small crumbling rate. Other applications include large gear racks of mining machines and other parts requiring high hardness, wear-resistance and strength, and particularly where quenching after hot working is not practical or economically feasible. Wear resistance of such steels is illustrated in Table 31.
Table 31 Abrasiv~-e~-F-ate (w) w (grams/meter) X 10-3 of indicated load Steel1.5 Kg 2.5 Ka ~ ~ 5.5 Ka SAE 1345(1) 2.27 3.29 4.22 6.43 present invention(2) 2.06 3.10 3.92 5.80 (1) Composition is shown in Table 1. ~uenched and tempered.
(2) Example No. 28 of Table 28.
From the foregoing description and examples, it can be seen that the invention provides new steels having an excellent combination of hardenability, strength, toughness and fatigue-and wear-resistance. Due to their superior hardenability, the steels can be used for making various types of heavy machinery parts and other large size articles in either forged or cast condition. The steels are air-hardenable after hot working or casting. Hence, conventional quenching or quenching-tempering treatments are not needed. Amenability of the steels to various forming procedures during air-cooling after the previous hot working (for example, in the production of large springs) combines the formation of bainite~martensite microstructure and other benefits of hot working. The occurrence o~ various defects due to repeated heating and quenching such as distortions, cracking, oxidation and decarbonization are largely avoided because the fabrication procedures are simplified, and the number and types of necessary heat treatments are reduced.
Consequently, the use of the new steels results in savings in energy and other manufacturing costs, and product application costs, and hence in an increase in overall economic benefits. In addition, the use of the new steels improves working conditions and reduces environmental pollution.
The new steels are useful in production of articles in which final forming is done by working the steel at a temperature below that previously used for hot-working the steel prior to air-cooling (cold working or semi-hot working). Steels wherein the carbon content is up to about 0.46% are particularly useful in this respect, especially in case of articles having relatively large thickenesses. Smaller section articles such as wire, for example, for reinforcing mesh or springs, may be made by cold-working, following hot-working and air-cooling, the steels of higher carbon contents within the above-described broad range.
Relatedly, in another aspect of this invention, the inventive steels, especially those having higher carbon contents within the described broad range, may be produced with lower hardness and strength than exhibited by the bainite-containing microstructure by cooling the hot worked steel more slowly than the cooling rate in still air, for example less than about 300C
per hour. The resulting, softer pearlite or pearlite plus ferrite structure is more easily cold worked than the harder, stronger bainite or bainite/martensite structure.
Illustratively, these new steels are useful in the manufacture of cold heading wire and rod. The hot worked steel may be slowly cooled by known means in an environment reducing rate of heat 1088 from the cooling steel. For example, in the case of cold heading steel, the hot rolled rod may be laid in loop form on a conveyor which is insulated or to which heat may be added to suitably slow the cooling rate to an extent to provide the softer pearlite or pearlite/ferrite structure. Similarly, products such as rolled or forged die blocks or flats, or fastener stock, can be slow cooled to avoid bainite formation. After cold working such articles, they may be heated above the austenitizing temperature and then air-cooled to form the hard, strong bainite or bainite/martensite structure.
Still further, the surface of an article of the new steels having a pearlite or pearlite/ferrite structure can be heated and air-cooled to form a hard, strong bainite-containing surface.
Technical Field This invention relates to new steels having a duplex microstructure of bainite and martensite upon air-cooling after hot forming, as by casting or hot forging or rolling and exhibit high hardenability without quenching, together with high strength, toughness and wear resistant properties. Such characteristics suit the steels, for example, to the economical manufacture of structural and equipment parts, fasteners, and dies and other wear-resistant articles.
Background of the Invention Steels used for structural and wear-resistant applications include, for e~ample, high manganese steels and certain medium carbon steels with or without the hardening and strengthening elements chromium, nickel or molybdenum--such as SAE 4140, SAE 3140 and SAE 1345. High manganese alloy steels are expensive and require complicated heat treatment to develop required properties. For example, such steels commonly are reheated, for example to around 1100C, after hot working and then water quenched to form austenite. Heat treatment of SAE
3140, SAE 4140 and SAE 1345 steels also is complicated, requiring oil quenching and high temperature tempering. ~he strength, toughness and wear-resistance properties of the less expensive steels such as SAE 1345 are quite low.
Such shortcomings of prior art steels were partially overcome by certain medium carbon and medium-high carbon, manganese-boron bainite steels as described in Chinese patent application numbers 86103008 and 87100365. Such steels, having a duplex bainite-martensite structure after air-cooling, are simply processed, have low cost and good strength, toughness and wear resistance. However, such steels have relatively low hardenability after air-cooling. For example, they are hardenable by air-cooling to a hardenable diameter of only about 20 mm. Within such limits, these steels are useful in a forged or rolled condition; they are not useful for application as castings of larger section thicknesses. Attention also is directed to certain low carbon, Mn-Si-B steels, having a principally bainitic structure, as disclosed in United States patent application Number 083,130. Use of such steels provides full section hardenability of bars with a cross-section diameter of at least 30 mm.
The term ~hardenable diameter~ is commonly used to describe the maximum depth dimension throughout which an article is hardenable to a particular hardness level. This term refers to the diameter of a test specimen, normally in the form of a rod or bar having a uniform cross-section normal to the specimen length.
The compositions of such prior art steels, in weight percent, are given in Table 1.
ZOOS~66 Table 1 C Mn S; Cr Ni Mo 8 H;gh Manganeso 1.0 11 0.3 Steel to 1.4X to 14X to 0.9X
SAE 3140 0.37 0.5 0.2 0.45 1.0 to 0.44% to 0.ô% to 0.4% to 0.75% to 1.4%
SAE 4140 0.38 0.5 0.2 0.9 0.15 to 0.45% to 0.8% to 0.4% to 1.2% to 0.25%
SAE 1345 0.42 1.4 0.2 to 0.49X to l.ôX to 0.4X
Ch~nosQ Appl~. 0.31 2.1 0.1 0.0005 No. 8~103008 to 0.46% to 3.4% to 1.5% to 0.005X
Chinese Appln. 0.47 2.1 0.1 0,0005 NG. 87100365 to 0.60X to 3.5X to l.sX to 0.005X
U.S. Appln. 0.10 2.0 0.3 No. 053,130 to 0.25X to 3.2X to 1.5X
The last three Table 1 steels optionally may contain up to 1.5%
of tungsten or chromium, up to 1% molybdenum and up to 0.15%
vanadium.
Disclosure of Invention An outstanding contribution of the duplex bainite-martensite steels of this invention is that high hardness levels can be obtained throughout a hardenable diameter substantially greater than is obtainable with previously known steels. These new steels contain, as essential elements, carbon, silicon, manganese and boron. The steels also contain chromium, although in one embodiment of the invention chromium may be omitted if the manganese, carbon and silicon contents are present in sufficiently large amounts to provide the desired structure and properties, as hereinafter described. The steels are useful either in the forged or rolled or in the cast condition, followed by air-cooling from above the austenitizing temperature, e.g.
about 820-950 deg. C, without quenching or tempering or, for some applications, with tempering only. The hardenability characteristics of these stsels, together with their high strength, toughness and wear resistance, and the long-term property stability of the steels, admirably suit them to a wide variety of applications such as the manufacture of various forged structural articles; cast articles of high wear-resistance such as grinding and crusher liner plates, balls and rods, as well as wear-resistant articles such as dies which must accept and retain a high surface finish free of cracks and dimensional changes caused by the thermal shock of quenching.
The steels of this invention utilize only relatively small amounts of low-cost elements such as manganese, silicon and boron, and the element chromium which is relatively less scarce and expensive as compared to molybdenum and tungsten which are used in many prior art steels for such applications. A broad composition range of the new steels, in weight percent, is given in Table 2.
200~466 Table 2 element composition ranae. wt%
C 0.10 to 0.7 Mn 2.1 to 3.5 Cr up to 3.5 Si up to 2.0 B 0.0005 to 0.005 Fe balance.
A more limited range of the Table 2 steels includes at least 0.15~ carbon, at least 0.10% silicon and at leaæt 0.10~
chromium. In each case, one or more other alloying elements optionally may be added as follows:
element composition ranae. wt%
W up to 1.5 Mo up to 1.0 V up to O.lS
S up to 0.2 Ca up to 0.1 Pb up to 0.1 Ti Up to 0.1 rare earth elements up to 0.2 Chromium preferably is provided in an amount of at least 0.6% and preferably over 1% and up to 2%, especially in steels containing under about 0.5~ carbon. If chromium is omitted, or when it is present in an amount under 1%, a combined manganese and silicon rontent of at least about 3% i9 used; and the silicon content of such steels should be at least 0.6% where carbon is under about 0.5%, and at least about 0.8% where the carbon content of such low chromium or chromium-free steels is under 0.2%. Such proportioning of the elements, manganese, silicon and chromium, together with carbon and boron, provides enhanced hardenability in the present steels by air-cooling only. In particular, we have found that the addition of chromium and/or the use of the elements manganese, silicon and carbon in the described range and compositional balance is necessary for obtaining such hardenability and therefore for practical casting applications and for more rigorous forged product applications requiring a combination of high hardenability, strength and toughness. Where chromium is 1~ or more and the steel composition is balanced as above-described, the hardenable diameter is at least 35 mm. Hardenable diameter up to about 80 to 100 mm. i8 achievable. If Cr i8 over 1.0~ and Si is over 0.8~, in the lower or medium carbon ranges from 0.10 to about 0.46~, Rockwell hardnesses upwardly of about Rc 20 to Rc 40 or 50 are obtainable. As carbon content of the new steels is increased to the medium high range of 0.47 to 0.7%, attainable hardness of the steels exceeds Rc 50 to Rc 58.
For specific applications, the steel composition can be varied within the above-described element ranges. Proper balance of carbon with other alloying elements provides a good combination of strength and toughness. If carbon is less than 0.10%, steel strength is too low; if higher than about 0.70%, toughness of the steel is too low. If carbon and chromium are too low, for example, below about 0.47% and 1% respectively, hardenability is adversely affected unless manganese and silicon are used in the minimum amounts above-described.
Formation of bainite after air-cooling depends upon addition of the proper amounts of manganese and boron which influence the position of the time-temperature-transformation (the "T-T-T~) and the continuous-cooling-transformation (the "C-C-T") curves of the steel.
Hardenability of the steel also can be further enhanced by use of the optional element molybdenum which also aids in avoiding temper brittleness.
The carbide-forming elements vanadium and titanium can be added for grain refinement.
The new steels are easily machined. Machinability can be further enhanced by additions of sulfur, calcium or lead.
Rare earths may be added for spheroidizing sulfide inclusions.
Best Mode of Practicing the Invention Esemplary, more specific, compositional ranges are given in Tables 3 to 22, wherein the aforesaid principles are to be taken into account, including the described balancing of the required elements C, Cr, Si and Mn.
Table 3 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element composition ranae wt~
C 0.10 to 0.25 Mn 2.1 to 2.7 Tabl,,e, ~
A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element composi~io.n range. wt%
C 0.10 to 0.25 Mn 2.4 to 3.5 Table 5 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element composition ranae. wt%
C 0.10 to 0.25 Mn 2.1 to 2.7 Cr 0.1 to 1.5 Table 6 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element composition ranae, wt%
C 0.10 to 0.25 Mn 2.1 to 2.7 Cr 1.6 to 3.5 Table 7 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element composition ranae. wt%
C 0.10 to 0.25 Mn 2.4 to 3.5 Cr 0.1 to 1.5 Ta~le~ 8 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
elemen~ composition range. wt%
C 0.10 to 0.25 Mn 2.4 to 3.5 Cr 1.6 to 3.5 Table 9 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element compQsition ~ange. wt%
C 0.26 to 0.34 Mn 2.1 to 2.7 Table 10 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element composition range. wt%
C 0.26 to 0.34 Mn 2.4 to 3.5 Table 11 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
elemen~ composition range. wt%
C 0.26 to 0.34 Mn 2.1 to 2.7 Cr 0.1 to 1.5 2(~05466 Tablç 12 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element composi~_Qn range, wt%
C 0.26 ~o 0.34 Mn 2.1 to 2.7 Cr 1.6 to 3.5 Table 13 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
eleme~ composition range, wt%
C 0.26 to 0.34 Mn 2.4 to 3.5 Cr 0.1 to 1.5 ~akl~ 14 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
eleme~ composition ranqe, wt~
C 0,26 to 0,34 Mn 2.4 to 3.5 Cr 1.6 to 3.5 Table 15 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element composition ranae. wt~
C 0.35 to 0.46 Mn 2.1 to 2.7 Table 16 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element cQmPosition range. wt%
C 0.35 to 0.46 Mn 2.4 to 3.5 Table 17 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element composition range. wt%
C 0.35 to 0.46 Mn 2.1 to 2.7 Cr 0.1 to 1.5 ~a~le 18 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element composition ~ng~ wt%
C 0.35 to 0.46 Mn 2.1 to 2.7 Cr 1.6 to 3.5 ~ble 19 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element ~omposition rang~, wt%
C 0.35 to 0.46 Mn 2.4 to 3.5 Cr 0.1 to 1.5 Table 20 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
elemen~ composition range, wt%
C 0.35 to 0.46 Mn 2.4 to 3.5 Cr 1.6 to 3.5 Table 21 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element composition range. wt%
C 0.47 to 0.70 Mn 2.1 to 2.7 Table 22 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element composition range, wt%
C 0.47 to 0.70 Mn 2.4 to 3.5 Takle 23 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element composition ranae. wt%
C 0.47 to 0.70 Mn 2.1 to 2.7 Cr 0.1 to 1.5 Tablç,,~
A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
elemçnt compo$ition,~ange, wt%' C 0.47 to 0.70 Mn 2.4 to 3.5 Cr 1.6 to 3.5 Tab~e 25 A compoæition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
el~çn~ composition ~,ange,,,w~%
C 0.47 to 0.70 Mn 2.4 to 3.5 Cr 0.1 to 1.5 Table 26 A composition as in Table 2 wherein the steels contain:
element composition range. wt%
C 0.47 to 0.70 Mn 2.1 to 2.7 Cr 1.6 to 3.5 The low to medium carbon steels of Tables 3 to 14 are particularly useful for the manufacture of cast articles such as liner plates and shock plates of crushers and grinders, as well as rolled or forged structural and machine parts such as oil pump sucker rods, reinforcing rods; bolts, nuts and other fasteners, and automotive axles and connecting rods.
The medium carbon steels of Tables 15-20 are useful, for example, in the production of gear rac~s, various springs, cutting and other elements for mining machines, dies, and wear-resistant pieces.
The higher carbon steels of Tables 21-26, capable of hardening to over Rc 50~ are especially useful as applied, for example, to dies for plastics, rubber and metals, for grinding balls and rods, other wear-resistant pieces, and for hard-facing welding rods.
Exemplary properties of these new steels are illustrated by the following:
0.2X Off-Set Tenslle St2rength Yleld Str2ngth. Impact25trength Hardness Steel TVDe ka/mm _ ka/mm AK. KJ/M (U-notch) Rc Low Carbon > 70 2 50 2 700 2 21 2 > 82 > 63 2 580 2 24 3 > 110 > 85 ~ 450 2 33 4 (free machlnlng) > 70-110 > 50-83 2 700-450 2 21-40 Med;um Carbon ~ 130 > 120 2 300 240-50 2 > 90-130 > 70-120 2 300 2 30-50 Medium-H~gh Carbon - - ~ 100 2 52 Castlng Steel ~ 120 - > 400 240 2 _ _ 2 130 2 50 Weldlng Rod Steel - - - 2 52 The present steels can be smelted in oxygen-blown converters and in electric furnaces.
For casting applications, casting temperature is in the range of about 1500 to 1650 C. After casting, the cast article 20(~4~;6 is reheated and air-cooled and the casting used either directly or after tempering.
Forging, rolling and other hot-forming of the new steels is carried out by heating the steel to or above the austenitizing temperature, for example, to about 1050 C to about 1250 C, finishing at a temperature over about 800 C, and air-cooling.
Specific examples of the steels of thiæ invention are given in Tables 27 and 28.
200S4~6 Table 27 ~Q~ Si ~n ~ ~Q V w ~ ~ Pb Ti 1. 0.10 0.8 0.7 2.80.002 2. 0.18 1.5 0.8 2.30.003 3. 0.20 2.0 1.5 2.50.002 0.08 0.09 4. 0.22 1.5 0.8 2.20.003 5. 0.25 1.6 0.8 2.90.001 0.07 0.09 6. 0.28 1.8 1.5 2.60.002 0.20 7. 0.29 1.6 0.7 2.40.002 8. 0.30 3.0 0.8 2.20.603 9. 0.30 1.8 1.0 2.30.002 0.3 10. 0.32 2.0 0.8 2.70.003 0.08 11. 0.34 2.5 0.6 2.90.001 0.07 0.09 12. 0.35 0.8 0.8 2.30.003 0.10 13. 0.36 3.0 0.6 2.40.002 14. 0.38 1.2 1.0 2.50.002 0.06 15. 0.40 0.8 1.5 2.70.003 0.2 16. 0.40 1.6 0.7 2.80.001 17. 0.42 1.8 1.0 2.30.002 18. 0.42 2.0 0.8 2.70.002 19. 0.43 2.1 0.6 2.40.003 20. 0.43 2.2 0.7 2.60.002 21. 0.45 2.0 1.0 2.70.003 22. 0.45 2.2 0.8 2.60.002 23. 0.46 2.5 0.7 2.50.003 0.3 24. 0.46 2.5 0.6 2.40.003 2~0~466 Table 28 No. C Cr Si ~Q ~ Mo V W S Ca Pb Ti 25Ø49 0.6 1.5 2.60.003 26Ø50 1.3 0.9 2.20.001 27Ø54 0.8 O.S 2.70.003 0.3 28Ø55 2.4 0.7 2.80.002 0.15 29Ø48 1.6 0.5 2.40.002 0.7 30Ø47 1.8 0.5 2.60.002 31Ø49 2.5 0.8 2.30.002 0.07 0.08 32Ø50 1.2 0.9 2.50.002 0.10 33Ø52 0.6 l.S 2.30.002 0.1 34Ø57 1.3 0.7 2.20.003 0.06 35Ø48 3.0 0.6 2.30.002 36Ø49 1.5 1.0 2.40.003 37Ø47 1.8 0.8 2.80.001 38Ø52 2.0 0.9 2.60.002 39Ø49 2.5 1.0 2.90.002 40Ø48 2.5 0.8 2.30.003 Steels having composition as in Examples 2 to 11 of Table 27 were used to produce cast liner plates of crushers.
Caeting temperatures were in the range of 1500-1650 C. The plates were air-cooled after casting or reheated, and subsequently tempered at 150-350 C. The resulting hardness of the plates was greater than Rc 40 Automobile springs and railway springs were made of steels with compositions as in Examples 14 to 24 of Table 27.
Rods for fabrication of the springs were rolled or forged at 1200~850 C, subsequently cooled either in still air or by use of simple fan cooling, and then tempered in the range of 150 to 500 C. Thereafter, the rods were reheated to forging temperature, hot worked to final form, air-cooled and then tempered at 150 to 500 C. After such processing, the steels had a duplex bainite-martensite structure and exhibited yield strengths of at least 120 Kg/mm2 and tensile strengths of at least 130 Kg/mm2. The toughness and fatigue properties of these steels are exemplified in Tables 29 and 30.
Table 29 Fracture Toughness ~roperty this inyentio~(l) comparison steel(2) KIC(3) at least 280 Kg.mm 3/2 200 to 260 Kg.mm 3/2 KISCC~4) at least 110 Kg.mm 3/2 at least 98 Kg.mm 3/2 (1) Example No. 14 of ~able 27.
(2) 60Si2Mn (0.56-0.64% C, 1.5-2.0~ Si, 0.6-0.9% Mn), quenched from 870C in oil and tempered at 480-500C.
(3) KIC is fracture toughness.
~4) KISCC is fracture toughness per stress corrosion cracking test (in 3% NaCl solution).
2005~66 Table 30 Fatigue Properties Tes~ load. Kg~m~2 Fatigue Life, maximum ~inimum No. of cycles. N
this invention(l)100 10 9-12 X 104 comparison steel(2)100 10 5-7 X 104 (1) Example No. 14 of Table 27 (2) 60Si2Mn, quenched from 870C in oil and tempered at 480-500C.
These new steels, developing a duplex bainite/martensite s~ructure hardenable upon air cooling as described, are admirably suitable for the manufacture of precision dies requiring high surface hardness and finish with little shape change during drastic temperature cycling operation, for example, in the manufacture of plastics, rubber, formaldehyde condensation resin products and non-ferrous metal products. For e~ample, dies made from steels having compositions as in Examples 31 to 40 of Table 28 were uniform in microstructure and, because no further heat treatment is needed, they hold their original shape and surface finish. Such dies thus can be made and used with little rejecti~n rate of either the dies themselves or the products made with their use. Similarly, dies were made of steels having compositions as in Examples Nos. 2 to 9 of Table 27. After forging or rolling, Rockwell hardnesses of Rc 35 to Rc 40 were obtained. The steels then were machined into final die shape and directly used without quenching and tempering. These steels having an Rc hardness of 35 to 40 are easily machined.
2005~66 In further illustration of the invention, ingots of the Table 28 compositions were forged or rolled at 850C to 1250C
into the form of die blanks. After cold working, the dies were heated to austenitizinq temperature, 800-950C, and air-cooled and tempered. Bending strengths, crbb of at least 260 Kg.mm2 were obtained. Alternatively, the die blanks may be tempered to obtain a hardness of Rc 35 to Rc 40~ and then machined to final shape in which form they can be directly used, without quenching or further tempering.
Steels having compositions as in Examples 28 to 36 of Table 28 are useful in the manufacture of ball mill grinding balls and other articles of high hardness and superior wear resistance and small crumbling rate. Other applications include large gear racks of mining machines and other parts requiring high hardness, wear-resistance and strength, and particularly where quenching after hot working is not practical or economically feasible. Wear resistance of such steels is illustrated in Table 31.
Table 31 Abrasiv~-e~-F-ate (w) w (grams/meter) X 10-3 of indicated load Steel1.5 Kg 2.5 Ka ~ ~ 5.5 Ka SAE 1345(1) 2.27 3.29 4.22 6.43 present invention(2) 2.06 3.10 3.92 5.80 (1) Composition is shown in Table 1. ~uenched and tempered.
(2) Example No. 28 of Table 28.
From the foregoing description and examples, it can be seen that the invention provides new steels having an excellent combination of hardenability, strength, toughness and fatigue-and wear-resistance. Due to their superior hardenability, the steels can be used for making various types of heavy machinery parts and other large size articles in either forged or cast condition. The steels are air-hardenable after hot working or casting. Hence, conventional quenching or quenching-tempering treatments are not needed. Amenability of the steels to various forming procedures during air-cooling after the previous hot working (for example, in the production of large springs) combines the formation of bainite~martensite microstructure and other benefits of hot working. The occurrence o~ various defects due to repeated heating and quenching such as distortions, cracking, oxidation and decarbonization are largely avoided because the fabrication procedures are simplified, and the number and types of necessary heat treatments are reduced.
Consequently, the use of the new steels results in savings in energy and other manufacturing costs, and product application costs, and hence in an increase in overall economic benefits. In addition, the use of the new steels improves working conditions and reduces environmental pollution.
The new steels are useful in production of articles in which final forming is done by working the steel at a temperature below that previously used for hot-working the steel prior to air-cooling (cold working or semi-hot working). Steels wherein the carbon content is up to about 0.46% are particularly useful in this respect, especially in case of articles having relatively large thickenesses. Smaller section articles such as wire, for example, for reinforcing mesh or springs, may be made by cold-working, following hot-working and air-cooling, the steels of higher carbon contents within the above-described broad range.
Relatedly, in another aspect of this invention, the inventive steels, especially those having higher carbon contents within the described broad range, may be produced with lower hardness and strength than exhibited by the bainite-containing microstructure by cooling the hot worked steel more slowly than the cooling rate in still air, for example less than about 300C
per hour. The resulting, softer pearlite or pearlite plus ferrite structure is more easily cold worked than the harder, stronger bainite or bainite/martensite structure.
Illustratively, these new steels are useful in the manufacture of cold heading wire and rod. The hot worked steel may be slowly cooled by known means in an environment reducing rate of heat 1088 from the cooling steel. For example, in the case of cold heading steel, the hot rolled rod may be laid in loop form on a conveyor which is insulated or to which heat may be added to suitably slow the cooling rate to an extent to provide the softer pearlite or pearlite/ferrite structure. Similarly, products such as rolled or forged die blocks or flats, or fastener stock, can be slow cooled to avoid bainite formation. After cold working such articles, they may be heated above the austenitizing temperature and then air-cooled to form the hard, strong bainite or bainite/martensite structure.
Still further, the surface of an article of the new steels having a pearlite or pearlite/ferrite structure can be heated and air-cooled to form a hard, strong bainite-containing surface.
Claims (37)
1. A steel having a duplex bainite-martensite microstructure upon air-cooling after casting or hot working, and consisting essentially, by weight percent, of:
carbon 0.15 to 0.70 chromium 1.6 to 2.0 manganese 2.1 to 3.5 boron 0.0005 to 0.005 and optionally containing silicon up to 2.0 tungsten up to 1.5 molybdenum up to 1.5 vanadium up to 0.15 sulfur up to 0.2 calcium up to 0.1 titanium up to 0.1 rare earth elements up to 0.2 total iron balance, except for incidental steelmaking impurities.
carbon 0.15 to 0.70 chromium 1.6 to 2.0 manganese 2.1 to 3.5 boron 0.0005 to 0.005 and optionally containing silicon up to 2.0 tungsten up to 1.5 molybdenum up to 1.5 vanadium up to 0.15 sulfur up to 0.2 calcium up to 0.1 titanium up to 0.1 rare earth elements up to 0.2 total iron balance, except for incidental steelmaking impurities.
2. A steel having a duplex bainite-martensite microstructure upon air-cooling after hot forming, and consisting essentially, by weight percent, of:
carbon 0.26 to 0.70 manganese 2.1 to 3.5 silicon 0.1 to 2.0 boron 0.0005 to 0.005 chromium up to 3.5 tungsten up to 1.5 molybdenum up to 1.5 vanadium up to 0.15 sulfur up to 0.2 calcium up to 0.1 titanium up to 0.1 rare earth elements up to 0.2 total iron balance, except for incidental steelmaking impurities;
wherein, if the amount of chromium is less than 1%, the steel contains manganese and silicon in combined amount of at least 3%.,
carbon 0.26 to 0.70 manganese 2.1 to 3.5 silicon 0.1 to 2.0 boron 0.0005 to 0.005 chromium up to 3.5 tungsten up to 1.5 molybdenum up to 1.5 vanadium up to 0.15 sulfur up to 0.2 calcium up to 0.1 titanium up to 0.1 rare earth elements up to 0.2 total iron balance, except for incidental steelmaking impurities;
wherein, if the amount of chromium is less than 1%, the steel contains manganese and silicon in combined amount of at least 3%.,
3. A steel having a duplex bainite-martensite microstructure upon air-cooling after casting or hot working, and consisting essentially, by weight percent, of:
carbon 0.1 to 0.70 chromium 0.1 to 3.5 silicon 0.1 to 2 manganese 2.1 to 3.5 boron 0.0005 to 0.005 tungsten up to 1.5 molybdenum up to 1.0 vanadium up to 0.15 sulfur up to 0.2 calcium up to 0.1 titanium up to 0.1 rare earth elements up to 0.2 total iron balance, except for incidental steelmaking impurities;
wherein, when chromium is under 0.6% the steel has a combined manganese and silicon content of at least 3% and, in such case, when carbon is under about 0.2%, the silicon content is at least 0.8%, and when carbon is between about 0.2% and 0.5%, the silicon content is at least 0.6%, said steel having a hardenable diameter of at least 35 mm.
carbon 0.1 to 0.70 chromium 0.1 to 3.5 silicon 0.1 to 2 manganese 2.1 to 3.5 boron 0.0005 to 0.005 tungsten up to 1.5 molybdenum up to 1.0 vanadium up to 0.15 sulfur up to 0.2 calcium up to 0.1 titanium up to 0.1 rare earth elements up to 0.2 total iron balance, except for incidental steelmaking impurities;
wherein, when chromium is under 0.6% the steel has a combined manganese and silicon content of at least 3% and, in such case, when carbon is under about 0.2%, the silicon content is at least 0.8%, and when carbon is between about 0.2% and 0.5%, the silicon content is at least 0.6%, said steel having a hardenable diameter of at least 35 mm.
4. A steel according to claim 3 containing:
carbon 0.1 to 0.25%
manganese 2.1 to 2.7%.
carbon 0.1 to 0.25%
manganese 2.1 to 2.7%.
5. A steel according to claim 3 containing:
carbon 0.1 to 0.25 manganese 2.1 to 2.7%
chromium 0.1 to 1.5%.
carbon 0.1 to 0.25 manganese 2.1 to 2.7%
chromium 0.1 to 1.5%.
6. A steel according to claim 3 containing:
carbon 0.1 to 0.25%
manganese 2.1 to 2.7%
chromium over 1.0 to 3.5%
and having a hardenable diameter of at least 50 mm.
carbon 0.1 to 0.25%
manganese 2.1 to 2.7%
chromium over 1.0 to 3.5%
and having a hardenable diameter of at least 50 mm.
7. A steel according to claim 3 containing:
carbon 0.1 to 0.25%
manganese 2.4 to 3.5%
chromium 0.1 to 1.5%.
carbon 0.1 to 0.25%
manganese 2.4 to 3.5%
chromium 0.1 to 1.5%.
8. A steel according to claim 3 containing:
carbon 0.1 to 0.25%
manganese 2.4 to 3.5%
chromium 1.6 to 3.5%
carbon 0.1 to 0.25%
manganese 2.4 to 3.5%
chromium 1.6 to 3.5%
9. A steel according to claim 3 containing:
carbon 0.26 to 0.34%
manganese 2.1 to 2.7%
carbon 0.26 to 0.34%
manganese 2.1 to 2.7%
10. A steel according to claim 3 containing:
carbon 0.26 to 0.34%
manganese 2.1 to 2.7%
chromium 0.1 to 1.5%.
carbon 0.26 to 0.34%
manganese 2.1 to 2.7%
chromium 0.1 to 1.5%.
11. A steel according to claim 3 containing:
carbon 0.26 to 0.34%
manganese 2.1 to 2.7%
chromium 1.6 to 3.5%
and having a hardenable diameter of at least 50 mm.
carbon 0.26 to 0.34%
manganese 2.1 to 2.7%
chromium 1.6 to 3.5%
and having a hardenable diameter of at least 50 mm.
12. A steel according to claim 3 containing:
carbon 0.26 to 0.34%
manganese 2.4 to 3.5%.
carbon 0.26 to 0.34%
manganese 2.4 to 3.5%.
13. A steel according to claim 3 containing:
carbon 0.26 to 0.34 manganese 2.4 to 3.5%
chromium 0.1 to 1.5%
carbon 0.26 to 0.34 manganese 2.4 to 3.5%
chromium 0.1 to 1.5%
14. A steel according to claim 3 containing:
carbon 0.26 to 0.34%
manganese 2.4 to 3.5%
chromium 1.6 to 3.5%
and having a hardenable diameter of at least 50 mm.
carbon 0.26 to 0.34%
manganese 2.4 to 3.5%
chromium 1.6 to 3.5%
and having a hardenable diameter of at least 50 mm.
15. A steel according to claim 3 containing:
carbon 0.35 to 0.46%
manganese 2.1 to 2.7%.
carbon 0.35 to 0.46%
manganese 2.1 to 2.7%.
16. A steel according to claim 3 containing:
carbon 0.35 to 0.46%
manganese 2.1 to 2.7%
chromium 0.1 to 1.5%.
carbon 0.35 to 0.46%
manganese 2.1 to 2.7%
chromium 0.1 to 1.5%.
17. A steel according to claim 3 containing:
carbon 0.35 to 0.46 manganese 2.1 to 2.7%
chromium 1.6 to 3.5%
and having a hardenable diameter of at least 50 mm.
carbon 0.35 to 0.46 manganese 2.1 to 2.7%
chromium 1.6 to 3.5%
and having a hardenable diameter of at least 50 mm.
18. A steel according to claim 3 containing:
carbon 0.35 to 0.46%
manganese 2.4 to 3.5%
carbon 0.35 to 0.46%
manganese 2.4 to 3.5%
19. A steel according to claim 3 containing:
carbon 0.35 to 0.46%
manganese 2.4 to 3.5%
chromium 0.1 to 1.5%.
carbon 0.35 to 0.46%
manganese 2.4 to 3.5%
chromium 0.1 to 1.5%.
20. A steel according to claim 3 containing:
carbon 0.35 to 0.46%
manganese 2.4 to 3.5%
chromium 1.6 to 3.5%
and having a hardenable diameter of at least 50 mm.
carbon 0.35 to 0.46%
manganese 2.4 to 3.5%
chromium 1.6 to 3.5%
and having a hardenable diameter of at least 50 mm.
21. A steel according to claim 3 containing:
carbon 0.47 to 0.7%
manganese 2.1 to 2.7%
and hardenable to at least Rc 50.
carbon 0.47 to 0.7%
manganese 2.1 to 2.7%
and hardenable to at least Rc 50.
22. A steel according to claim 3 containing:
carbon 0.47 to 0.70%
manganese 2.1 to 2.7%
chromium 0.1 to 1.5%
and hardenable to at least Rc 50.
carbon 0.47 to 0.70%
manganese 2.1 to 2.7%
chromium 0.1 to 1.5%
and hardenable to at least Rc 50.
23. A steel according to claim 3 containing:
carbon 0.47 to 0.70 manganese 2.1 to 2.7%
chromium 1.6 to 3.5%, the steel being hardenable to at least Rc 50 and having a hardenable diameter of at least 50 mm.
carbon 0.47 to 0.70 manganese 2.1 to 2.7%
chromium 1.6 to 3.5%, the steel being hardenable to at least Rc 50 and having a hardenable diameter of at least 50 mm.
24. A steel according to claim 3 containing:
carbon 0.47 to 0.7%
manganese 2.4 to 3.5%
and hardenable to at least Rc 50.
carbon 0.47 to 0.7%
manganese 2.4 to 3.5%
and hardenable to at least Rc 50.
25. A steel according to claim 3 containing:
carbon 0.47 to 0.7%
manganese 2.4 to 3.5%
chromium 0.1 to 1.5%
and hardenable to at least Rc 50.
carbon 0.47 to 0.7%
manganese 2.4 to 3.5%
chromium 0.1 to 1.5%
and hardenable to at least Rc 50.
26. A steel according to claim 3 containing:
carbon 0.47 to 0.7%
manganese 2.4 to 3.5%
chromium 1.6 to 3.5%, the steel being hardenable to at least Rc 50 and having a hardenable diameter of at least 50 mm.
carbon 0.47 to 0.7%
manganese 2.4 to 3.5%
chromium 1.6 to 3.5%, the steel being hardenable to at least Rc 50 and having a hardenable diameter of at least 50 mm.
27. A hot-forged steel according to claim 3 containing:
carbon over 0.25 to 0.70%
chromium over 1.0 to 3.5%
silicon over 0.6%, said steel having a hardenable diameter up to about 80 mm and a hardness from about Rc 25 to Rc 58 by air-cooling after forging.
carbon over 0.25 to 0.70%
chromium over 1.0 to 3.5%
silicon over 0.6%, said steel having a hardenable diameter up to about 80 mm and a hardness from about Rc 25 to Rc 58 by air-cooling after forging.
28. A die steel according to claim 3 containing from 0.20 to 0.7% carbon.
29. A hard-facing welding rod steel according to claim 3 containing from 0.20 to 0.70% carbon.
30. A method of producing an air-hardenable bainitic steel having a hardenable diameter of at least about 35 mm and a hardness of at least about Rc 20, comprising casting, at a temperature from about 1500 deg. C to about 1650 deg. C, a molten steel containing, by weight percent:
carbon 0.1 to 0.7%
manganese 2.1 to 3.5%
silicon 0.1 to 2%
chromium 0.1 to 3.5%
boron 0.0005 to 0.005%, and air-cooling the solidified steel from above the austenitizing temperature, without quenching.
carbon 0.1 to 0.7%
manganese 2.1 to 3.5%
silicon 0.1 to 2%
chromium 0.1 to 3.5%
boron 0.0005 to 0.005%, and air-cooling the solidified steel from above the austenitizing temperature, without quenching.
31. A method according to claim 30, wherein the steel contains from 0.1 to 0.46% carbon, and the cast and air-cooled steel is tempered at a temperature in the range of about 150 deg.
C to about 650 deg. C, or without tempering.
C to about 650 deg. C, or without tempering.
32. A method according to claim 30, wherein, after casting, the steel is hot worked at a temperature from about 850 deg. C to about 1250 deg. C and finished at a temperature over 800 deg. C, and then is air-cooled.
33. A method according to claim 30 wherein, after casting, the steel is hot worked at a temperature from about 850 deg. C to about 1250 deg. C and finished at a temperature over 800 deg. C, and after air-cooling the steel is tempered at a temperature within the range from about 150 deg. C to about 650 deg. C.
34. A method according to claim 30, wherein the steel contains from 0.1 to 0.46% carbon and is hot-worked, air-cooled and then is subjected to further working at a temperature below the hot working and finishing range.
35. A cold working steel having a composition according to claim 1 wherein the steel has a microstructure selected from the group consisting of pearlite and pearlite plus ferrite upon retarded cooling from a hot forming temperature and transformable to a hardenable bainite-containing microstructure of increased strength upon reheating above the austenitizing temperature and air-cooling.
36. A steel having a composition according to claim 2 wherein upon retarded cooling from a temperature above the austenitizing temperature the steel has a microstructure selected from the group consisting of pearlite and pearlite plus ferrite which, when the steel is reheated to a temperature above the austenitizing temperature and air-cooled, is transformed into a hardenable bainite/martensite microstructure of increased strength.
37. A process of working a steel article having a composition according to claim 2 wherein the steel is hot worked, cooled under retarded cooling conditions to form a microstructure selected from the group consisting of pearlite and pearlite plus ferrite, cold worked, reheated to a temperature above the austenitizing temperature, and then air-cooled to form a hardenable bainite/martensite microstructure of increased strength.
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