Abstract:
Many experimental methods such as electron microscopy and chemical phase analysis were used to study the precipitates of high-strength weather-resisting steel with titanium addition, and the precipitation process was analyzed based on thermodynamics calculations. The results showed that the main particles in the steel were TiC, TiCN, Ti
4C
2S
2 and TiN, and almost TiN particles have precipitated before hot rolling. A large number of nanometer TiC particles distributed on dislocations in ferrite. The size distri- bution of MC phase changed with increasing titanium content. The obvious increase in volume fraction of small scale particles heightened the yield strength of the steel through precipitation strengthening.