ISSN:
1013-9826
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Fracture surface and crack propagation in low temperature brittle fracture (LTBF) of an18Cr-18Mn-0.7N high nitrogen austenitic steel (HNAS) were examined by means of scanningelectronic microscopy, and compared with behaviours of LTBF of low carbon steel. Similar to BCClow carbon steel, the HNAS experienced a typical ductile-to-brittle transition (DBT) with decreasingtemperature, and the appearance of the fracture surface transited from fibrous to granular.Dual-surface observation revealed that there were three types of fracture modes in LTBF of theHNAS: annealing twin boundary fracture, intergranular fracture, and transgranular fracture. Theannealing twin boundary fracture facets were parallel to {111} planes, and were fairly flat andsmooth, with a pattern of three sets of parallel straight-lines intersecting at 60[removed info]. There were also bentsteps that originated and terminated at grain boundaries. The transgranular fracture facets were coarseand uneven, with uniformly distributed small pits and partially river pattern on them. Theintergranular fracture facets were smoothly curved ones on which more than three sets of paralleldeformation structure trace lines were observed. Careful observation on crack propagationdemonstrated that during LTBF of the HNAS, microcracks formed firstly at grain boundary andannealing twin boundary, and then these microcracks came together and coalesced to induce crackpropagation through grains, resulting in a fracture appearance with shiny facets distributing in dullfacets
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/01/52/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FKEM.324-325.447.pdf
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