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Control of Microstructures and the Practical Properties of API X80 Grade Heavy-Wall High-Frequency Electric Resistance-Welded Pipe with Excellent Low-Temperature Toughness

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This paper describes development of heavy-walled API X80 grade high-frequency electric resistance-welded (HFW) line pipes and conductor-casing pipes with wall thicknesses up to 20.6 mm. A fine bainitic–ferrite microstructure, which is preferable for low-temperature toughness, was obtained by optimizing the carbon content and applying the thermomechanical controlled hot-rolling process. As a result, the Charpy ductile–brittle transition temperature (DBTT) was well below 227 K (−46 °C) in the base metal of the HFW line pipe. When the controlled hot-rolling ratio (CR) was increased from 23 to 48 pct, the area average grain size decreased from 15 to 8 μm. The dependence of CTOD properties on CR was caused by the largest grain which is represented by the area average grain size. No texture development due to the increase of CR from 23 to 48 pct was observed. In addition, because controlled in-line heat treatment of the longitudinal weld seam also produced the fine bainitic–ferrite microstructure at the weld seam, DBTT was lower than 227 K (−46 °C) at the weld portion. The developed pipes showed good girth weldability without preheat treatment, and fracture in the tensile test initiated from the base metal in all cases.

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  1. Steel Research Laboratory, JFE Steel Corporation, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, 210-0855, Japan

    Sota Goto, Hiroshi Nakata & Shunsuke Toyoda

  2. Products Service & Development, Chita works, JFE Steel Corporation, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, 210-0855, Japan

    Hiroshi Nakata

  3. Steel Research Laboratory, JFE Steel Corporation, Handa, Aichi, 475-8611, Japan

    Takatoshi Okabe

  4. Tubular Business Planning & Marketing Department, JFE Steel Corporation, Tokyo, 100-0011, Japan

    Tomohiro Inoue

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Goto, S., Nakata, H., Toyoda, S. et al. Control of Microstructures and the Practical Properties of API X80 Grade Heavy-Wall High-Frequency Electric Resistance-Welded Pipe with Excellent Low-Temperature Toughness. Metall Mater Trans A 48, 5075–5084 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-017-4242-3

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