Q＆P钢热处理工艺的开发进展.pdfVIP

2009年第 1期 世 界 钢 铁 QP钢热处理工艺的开发进展 DevelopmentsintheQuenchingandPartitioningProcess JohnGSpeerandDavidK Matlock 科罗拉多矿业学院 先进钢工艺和产品研发中心，美国，戈尔登，CO80401 (AdvancedSteelProcessingandProductsResearchCenter，ColoradoSchoolofMines，Golden，CO80401，USA) 摘要：QP钢的工艺概念已提出了有些年了，它作为一种热处理工艺，生产的组织具有马氏体和富C的亚稳 残余奥氏体。工艺包括：控制淬火形成部分的马氏体 ，然后热处理以使C从过饱和的马氏体中转移到残余奥 氏体中。潜在的应用包括具有好的成型性和抗断裂的高强度钢。应用该工艺可生产薄板和厚板 ，以及用从长 锻材生产热处理元件，甚至于铸铁。自2003年一直在实验室研究，早期的工作结果已有发表。近期的研究主 要集中于机理方面的细节。国际范围的独立团队在此研究领域也有很多进展。 Abstract：ThequenchingandpartitioningorQPprocessconcepthasbeendevelopedoverthepast few years，asaheat—treatmenttoproducemartensiticmicrostructureswithcarbon—enrichedmetastable retainedaustenite．Theprocessinvolvespartialmartensiteformationbycontrolledquenching，followed byathermaltreatmenttoallowcrabontransportrfomthe(supersaturated)martensiteintotheremaining austenite．Potentialapplicationsinvolvehigh strength whereretained austenitemay be beneficialfor fomr ability，rfactureresistnace，etc．Theprocessmay beapplicabletoproduction ofsteelsheetnad plateproducts，aswellasheatrteatedcomponentsproducedrfom longproductforgings，andevencast — iron．Theconcepthasbeenstudiedintheauthors’laboratoriessinceabout2003andaseriesofpubli- cationsisavailabledocumentingmuchoftheearlywork．Morerecentstudieshavefocusedonunder— stna dingmechanisticdetails，andotherindependentreserachgroupsraenow alsomakingadvancements in thisfield． Keywords：：quenching；partitioning；retainedaustenite O IntrOductiOn Throughthisconcept，amartensiticmicrostructurea— Thequenchingandpartitioningprocesswasde— longwithmetastableretainedausteniteisintendedto veloped earlier in this decade as an alternative bepresentafterfinalquenching． meanstoproducemicrostructureswithsubsta