Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 1993, Vol. 6 ›› Issue (5): 304-308.

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ATOMIC DIFFUSION CONTROL DURING TEMPERING OF STEEL 20Cr11MoVNbNB

FU Changpu HAN Yong Shaanxi Mechanical Engineering Institute,Xi'an,China FU Changpu,associate professor,Department of Materials Engineering,Shaanxi Mechanical Engineering Institute,Xi'an 710048,China   

  • Received:1993-10-25 Revised:1993-10-25 Online:1993-10-25 Published:2009-10-10

Abstract: Studies were made of the effect of tempering at temperatures from 25 to 750℃ for 0.5 to 100 h on changes of hardness,precipitated phase and its alloying element content as well as activation energy of tempering for quenched steel 20Cr11MoVNbNB.Tempering of the steel at temperatures below 400℃ may be controlled by the diffusion of C atoms in α-Fe,and above 400℃,by diffusion of Cr,also Mo or V,in α-Fe.

Key words: steel 20Cr11MoVNbNB, tempering, precipitate, activation energy