Effect of aging on microstructures and properties of the Mo-alloyed Fe-36Ni Invar alloy论文.pdfVIP

Effect of aging on microstructures and properties of the Mo-alloyed Fe-36Ni Invar alloy 1 1 1 1 2 Zhonghua Sun , Jianxin Li , Jinbao Chang , Yunfei Zhang , Huifen Peng 1 ( Hebei Iron and Steel Technology Research Institute, Hebei Iron and Steel Group, Shijiazhuang 2 052165, China; School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China;) Abstract The Mo-alloyed invar alloy is prepared by the vacuum induction melting furnace. The investigations of mechanical properties, phase constitutions, microstructures, thermal expansion features are performed. It was found that precipitation of the Mo2C secondary phase could be tailored by adjusting the aging processes, and that the highest strength of 820 MPa and good -6 elongation of 35%, together with a low CTE value of 3.37×10 / ℃ were obtained when solution treating at 1050 ℃ for 1h and than aging at 525 ℃ for 3h. Increase in the aging time resulted in the Mo2C phase to aggregate and grow at the grain or sub-grain boundaries of the austenite, concomitant with a deterioration in strength and thermal expansion of the materials. Keywords Invar alloy; Mo alloying; Strengthening; Thermal expansion; Aging 1 Introduction The Fe-Ni binary alloy with the nickel content around 36 wt.% is termed as Invar alloy and -6 familiarized with its extremely lower coeffic