Journal article
The comparative effectiveness of Nb solute and NbC precipitates at impeding grain-boundary motion in Nb steels
Abstract
The comparative effectiveness of solute Nb and NbC particles at impeding grain-boundary motion is treated theoretically. It is shown that, for a steel containing ∼0.05at.% Nb (∼0.1wt.% Nb), under typical recrystallization conditions, solute Nb is more effective in the ferrite, whereas in the austenite, depending on the exact recrystallization temperature, either solute Nb or NbC precipitates may be more effective.
Authors
Hutchinson CR; Zurob HS; Sinclair CW; Brechet YJM
Journal
Scripta Materialia, Vol. 59, No. 6, pp. 635–637
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
9 2008
DOI
10.1016/j.scriptamat.2008.05.036
ISSN
1359-6462