Review on niobium application in microalloyed steel

L Sun, X Liu, X Xu, S Lei, H Li, Q Zhai - Journal of Iron and Steel Research …, 2022 - Springer
With the rapid development of high-strength low-alloy (HSLA) steel, Nb as an important
microalloying element has received more and more attention in recent years. The …

Microalloyed steels through history until 2018: Review of chemical composition, processing and hydrogen service

JC Villalobos, A Del-Pozo, B Campillo, J Mayen… - Metals, 2018 - mdpi.com
Microalloyed steels have evolved in terms of their chemical composition, processing, and
metallurgical characteristics since the beginning of the 20th century in the function of …

New strategy to solve the ambient strength-ductility dilemma in precipitation-strengthened Mg-Gd alloys via Li addition

Z Yu, Y Huang, L Liu, K Shi, B Du, K Liu, S Li, W Du - Scripta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
The ambient strength-ductility trade-off has been a long-standing dilemma in metallic alloys,
in particular Mg alloys. Here we report a new strategy to solve such a strength-ductility …

Strengthening behaviour and failure analysis of hot-rolled Nb+ V microalloyed steel processed at various coiling temperatures

PP Singh, S Ghosh, S Mula - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2022 - Elsevier
The present work investigated the role of thermomechanical processing and coiling
temperature on various strengthening mechanisms in a low carbon Nb+ V microalloyed …

Effect of nanoscale V2C precipitates on the three-body abrasive wear behavior of high-Mn austenitic steel

Z Zhou, Q Shan, Y Jiang, Z Li, ZX Zhang - Wear, 2019 - Elsevier
High-Mn austenitic steel reinforced with carbide particles can significantly enhance the wear
resistance of steel. However, micron-sized particles may be detached from the surface of the …

Development of high strength and ductile martensitic stainless steel coatings with Nb addition fabricated by laser cladding

BC Li, HM Zhu, CJ Qiu, DK Zhang - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2020 - Elsevier
In the present work, martensitic stainless steel (MSS) coatings with niobium (Nb) contents of
0–1.0 wt%, combining high strength and ductility with improved corrosion resistance, have …

Microstructural evolution and precipitation behavior of the warm-rolled medium Mn steels containing Nb or Nb-Mo during intercritical annealing

H Pan, H Ding, M Cai - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2018 - Elsevier
The microstructural evolution and precipitation behavior of the warm-rolled (WRed) medium
Mn steels with no microalloying addition, single Nb addition and multiple Nb-Mo addition …

[HTML][HTML] Construction of a machine-learning-based prediction model for mechanical properties of ultra-fine-grained Fe–C alloy

JL Du, YL Feng, M Zhang - Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, ultra-fine-grained Fe–C alloy have received widespread attention because
of their high levels of strength, hardness, and wear resistance. However, these alloy have …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of Nb content and thermal deformation on the microstructure and mechanical properties of high-strength anti-seismic rebar

Z Zeng, C Li, Z Li, Y Zhai, J Wang, Z Li - Materials Science and Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rebar is the most important material in large-scale engineering structures, and its fine
structure determines the strength and seismic resistance of rebar. The objective of this study …

Suppression of strain-induced precipitation of NbC by epitaxial growth of NbC on pre-existing TiN in Nb-Ti microalloyed steel

X Ma, C Miao, B Langelier, S Subramanian - Materials & Design, 2017 - Elsevier
Absence of strain-induced precipitation of NbC is observed in a conventional hot rolled Nb-
Ti microalloyed X90 strip. Quantitative analysis using transmission electron microscopy and …