The role of molybdenum additions and prior deformation on acicular ferrite formation in microalloyed Nb-Ti low-carbon line-pipe steels

Materials Characterization

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 717-728

  Tang, Zhenghua ^a   Stumpf, Waldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acicular ferrite; CCT; Line pipe steel; Molybdenum; Nb Ti microalloyed steel

Indexed keywords

AUSTENITIC STEEL; DEFORMATION; EXTRACTION; MICROALLOYING; NICKEL ALLOYS;

ACICULAR FERRITE; LINE-PIPE STEEL; NB-TI-MICROALLOYED STEEL;

PIPE FITTINGS;

EID: 41349092489     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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