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UDK 621.791:669.14 ISSN 1580-2949 Original scientific article/Izvirni znanstveni ~lanek MTAEC9, 48(1)15(2014) H. AYDIN: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A BAINITIC STRUCTURE AND THE HARDNESS ... RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A BAINITIC STRUCTURE AND THE HARDNESS IN THE WELD ZONE OF THE FRICTION-STIR WELDED X80 API-GRADE PIPE-LINE STEEL ODVISNOST MED BAINITNO MIKROSTRUKTURO IN TRDOTO V PODRO^JU ZVARA PRI TORNO VRTILNEM VARJENJU JEKLA X80 API ZA CEVOVODE Hakan Aydin Uludag University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 16059 Gorukle-Bursa, Turkey hakanay@.tr Prejem rokopisa – received: 2013-01-03; sprejem za objavo – accepted for publication: 2013-04-24 The present study focuses on the morphology of the weld zone, especially on the quantitative microstructural characterization of bainitic structures, and the relationship between post-weld bainitic structures and the hardness at the weld zone of the friction-stir welded X80 API-grade pipe-line steel. The employed rotating and traverse speeds of the polycrystalline cubic boron nitride tool during the friction-stir welding process were 350 r/min and 12.7 cm/min (5 inch per minute), respectively. A microstructural analysis of the weld was carried out using optical microscopy, orientation imaging microscopy and transmission electron microscopy, and the hardness variati