Role of vanadium in microalloyed steels

Scandinavian Journal of Metallurgy

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 186-241

  Lagneborg, Rune ^a   Siwecki, Tadeusz ^a   Zajac, Stanislaw ^a   Hutchinson, Bevis ^a  

^a SWEREA KIMAB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE HARDENING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAIN GROWTH; METAL CASTING; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); ROLLING; STEEL METALLURGY; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT; WELDABILITY;

CAST STRUCTURE; GRAIN COARSENING; INTERPHASE PRECIPITATION; MICROALLOYED STEEL; RECRYSTALLIZATION CONTROLLED ROLLING; THERMOMECHANICAL CONTROLLED PROCESSING;

VANADIUM;

EID: 0033207368     PISSN: 03710459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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