To support our increasing energy demand, steel pipelines are deployed in transporting oil
and natural gas resources for long distances. However, numerous steel structures …

Vanadium as an important alloying element in steels was initially associated with the
properties achieved following tempering. Interest in the microstructure was stimulated by the …

High strength low alloy (HSLA) steels have been widely used in pipelines, power plant
components, civil structures and so on, due to their outstanding mechanical properties as …

This review considers the compositions, the main process routes, microstructure and
structural properties of microalloyed steels. The background and brief history are followed by …

Hydrogen-induced degradation is complicated and affects many metallic materials,
especially oil and pipeline steels. Hydrogen reduces ductility and load-bearing capability …

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 …

A new ultrahigh strength niobium-microalloyed pipeline steel of yield strength∼ 700MPa
has been processed. The Charpy impact toughness at 0° C was 27J and tensile elongation …

Abstract A Nb–Ti–Mo–V–Cr complex microalloying has been applied to improve the strength
and formability of TS800TB microalloyed low carbon steel for automobile torsion beam …

The paper describes the microstructural constituents in a industrially processed Nb-
microalloyed pipeline steel having yield strength of∼ 620MPa. The microstructure of base …

The isothermal precipitation kinetics of carbides in both strain-free and strained austenite (γ)
of a microalloyed steel were quantitatively investigated through the electrical resistivity and …