Abstract:
The effect of alloying element vanadium on the thermodynamic equilibrium phases and the transformation temperatures
A3 and
A4 of T122 ferritic heat resistant steel were studied by Thermo-Calc software. The results show that the main precipitated phases in T122 steel are M
23C
6, MX and Laves phases. When the mass fraction of vanadium is less than 0.15%, a little Z-phase precipitates, and the content of Z-phase linearly decreases with increasing vanadium content. When the mass fraction of vanadium is more than 0.28%, two different types of MX precipitate. With increasing vanadium content, the proportion of MN phase decreases, but the proportion of M(C, N) increases. The effect of vanadium content on M
23C
6 and Laves phases is extremely limited. As a closed austenite region element, the transformation region between ferrite and austenite becomes small with the increase in vanadium content.