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Hot-ductility tests of a C-Mn-Nb-Al steel were performed in a tensile machine at different strain rates of 1×10−4, 3×10−4, 1×10−3, and 3×10−3 s−1 and at temperatures of 650 °C, 710 °C, 770 °C, 840 °C, 900 °C, 960 °C, and 1020 °C, which are close to the continuous casting conditions of steel. Fracture surfaces were examined using a scanning electron microscope. It was found that low strain rates and coarse austenitic grains decrease hot ductility. At all test temperatures, when the strain rate decreases, the hot ductility also decreases because the void growth mechanism predominates over void nucleation, giving time for nucleated cracks to grow. This leads, finally, to the catastrophic failure. The minimum hot ductility was found at 900 °C for all strain rates, and the fracture was intergranular. Fractographic evidence showed that the voids formed during the deformation surrounded the austenite grains, indicating that the deformation was concentrated in ferrite bands located in the same places when the testing temperature was in the two-phase field.
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Hurtado-Delgado, E., Morales, R.D. Hot ductility and fracture mechanisms of a C-Mn-Nb-Al steel. Metall Mater Trans B 32, 919–927 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-001-0078-7
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