Investigation on the microstructure and toughness of coarse grained heat affected zone in X-100 multi-phase pipeline steel with high Nb content

Effect of increasing heat input on microstructure evolution and impact toughness of coarse grained heat affected zone (CGHAZ) in high Nb X-100 multi-phase pipeline steel was investigated by means of Gleeble simulator, optical microscope (OM), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and electron backscattering diffraction (EBSD). Charpy impact test confirmed the optimum toughness of CGHAZ was achieved at heat input of 20kJ/cm, equivalent to the …