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The thermal and metallurgical state of steel strip during hot rolling: Part III. Microstructural evolution

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A mathematical model has been developed to compute the changes in the austenite grain size during rolling in a hot-strip mill. The heat-transfer model described in the first of this series of papers has been employed to calculate the temperature distribution through the thickness which serves as a basis for the microstructure model. Single-and double-hit compression tests have been conducted at temperatures of 900 °C, 850°C, 950 °C, and 875 °C on 0.34 and 0.05 pct carbon steels to determine the degree of recrystallization by metallographic evaluation of quenched samples and by measuring the magnitude of fractional softening. The Institut de Recherches de la Sidérurgie Francaise, (IRSID) Saint Germain-en-Laye, France equation has been found to yield the best characterization of the observed recrystallization kinetics. The equations representing static recrystallization kinetics, recrystallized grain size, and grain growth kinetics have been incorporated in the model. The principle of additivity has been invoked to permit application of the isothermal recrystallization data to the nonisothermal cooling conditions. The model has been validated by comparing predicted austenite grain sizes with measurements made on samples quenched after one to four passes of rolling on the CANMET pilot mill. The austenite grain size evolution during rolling of a 0.34 pct carbon steel on Stelco’s Lake Erie Works (LEW) hot-strip mill has been computed with the aid of the model. The grain size decreased from an initial value of 180μm to 35μm in the first pass due to the high reduction of 46 pct. The changes in austenite grain size in subsequent passes were found to be small in comparison because of the lower per pass reductions. It has been shown that the equation employed to represent grain growth kinetics in the interstand region has a significant influence on the computed final grain size. Altering the rolling schedule had a negligible influence on the final grain size for a given finished gage. A 200°C increase in entry temperature to the mill resulted in a 20μm increase in final grain size, which is significant. This can be attributed to increased grain growth at the higher temperature.

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  1. Comalco Research Centre, 3074, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    C. Devadas (Research Engineer)

  2. The Centre for Metallurgical Process Engineering, Canada

    I. V. Samarasekera (Professor)

  3. Department of Metals and Materials Engineering, The University of British Columbia, V6T 1W5, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    E. B. Hawbolt (Professor)

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Devadas, C., Samarasekera, I.V. & Hawbolt, E.B. The thermal and metallurgical state of steel strip during hot rolling: Part III. Microstructural evolution. Metall Trans A 22, 335–349 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02656802

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