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| Embrittlement Mechanism due to Slow Cooling During Quenching for M152 Martensitic Heat Resistant Steel |
| YANG Gang , et al |
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Abstract The brittleness of M152 martensitic heat resistant steel due to slow cooling during quenching was experimentally investigated by means of mechanical property test, TEM and XRD analysis. The results showed that the nonreversal brittleness of M152 steel due to slow cooling during quenching was caused by the continuous precipitation of M23C6 along prior austenite grain boundaries and of M2C along prior residual austenite film. The residual austenite in the steel was unstable and may decompose due to the precipitation of second phase during the process of slow cooling after quenching. The low cooling rate in the temperature range from 820 to 660�� has a strong effect on the impact toughness of the steel, the precipitation of second phase in the same temperature range results in nonreversal brittle.
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Received: 18 May 2009
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Corresponding Authors:
YANG Gang
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2010, Vol. 17 
