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Microstructural characterization of P91 steel in the virgin, service exposed and post-service re-normalized conditions

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posted on 2024-11-15, 06:31 authored by Huijun LiHuijun Li, David Mitchell
P91 steel has been widely used in power generation industry. Generally, P91 creep resisting steel is produced by normalizing and tempering. The normalizing temperature is in the range of 1040–10808C and tempering temperature is in the range of 750–7808C. The microstructure after tempering is tempered martensite with precipitates of carbides, M23C6, and vanadium/niobium rich carbo‐nitride of the type MX (M ¼ V or Nb and X ¼ C or N). The presence of carbide precipitates improves creep rupture strength due to precipitation hardening. The carbide coarsening and microstructure degradation during service will result in deterioration in creep strength. It is important to understand the microstructural evolution of P91 steel during long‐term operation. In this work, the steels in the virgin condition (normalized and tempered), service exposed (9 years at 6008C) and post service exposed re‐normalized and tempered in an attempt to restore the original microstructure were characterized. A range of microscopy techniques, predominantly TEM, were applied to understand the effect of these thermal histories on the microstructure of the materials.

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Li, H. & Mitchell, D. (2013). Microstructural characterization of P91 steel in the virgin, service exposed and post-service re-normalized conditions. Steel Research International, 84 (12), 1302-1308.

Journal title

Steel Research International

Volume

84

Issue

12

Pagination

1302-1308

Language

English

RIS ID

85915

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