Journal
JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
Volume 477, Issue -, Pages 246-256Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2016.05.017
Keywords
Reactor pressure vessel steel; Tempering temperature; Martensite/austenite constituents; Microstructure; Mechanical properties
Funding
- National Basic Research Program of China [2011CB012904]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2013M541517]
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The microstructure and mechanical properties of reactor pressure vessel (RPV) steel were investigated after tempering at different temperatures ranging from 580 to 700 degrees C for 5 h. With increasing tempering temperature, the impact toughness, which is qualified by Charpy V-notch total absorbed energy, initially increases from 142 to 252 J, and then decreases to 47 J, with a maximum value at 650 degrees C, while the ultimate tensile strength varies in exactly the opposite direction. Comparing the microstructure and fracture surfaces of different specimens, the variations in toughness and strength with the tempering temperature were generally attributed to the softening of the bainitic ferrite, the agminated Fe3C carbides that resulted from decomposition of martensite/austenite (M/A) constituents, the precipitation of Mo2C carbides, and the newly formed M/A constituents at the grain boundaries. Finally, the correlation between the impact toughness and the volume fraction of the M/A constituents was established, and the fracture mechanisms for the different tempering conditions are explained. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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