Abstract: For most commercial steels the prediction of the final properties depends on accuratelycalculating the room temperature ferrite grain size. A grain growth model is proposedfor low carbon steels Q235B during hot rolling. By using this model, the initial ferritegrain size after continuous cooling and ferrite grain growing in coiling procedure canbe predicted. Finally, in-plant trials were performed in the hot strip mill of Ansteel.The calculated final ferrite grain sizes are in good agreement with the experimentalones. It is helpful both for simulation of microstructure evolution and prediction ofmechanical properties.

Key words: modeling, ferrite grain growth, low carbon steels, hot rolling