Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 1999, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (4): 596-601.

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PREVENTION OF THE INTERGRANULAR FRACTURE AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES BY ADDITION OF PHOSPHORUS TO A HIGH PURITY Fe0 002% SALLOY

C. M. Liu1) , K. Abiko2) and M. Tanino2) 1) Schoolof Materials and Metallurgy , Northeastern University ,Shenyang 110006 ,China 2) Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University ,Sendai980 8579 ,Japan   

  • Received:1999-08-25 Revised:1999-08-25 Online:1999-08-25 Published:2009-10-10

Abstract: Theeffectof phosphorusonthehotductility andthesegregation ofsulfuratgrain boundariesin high purityironcontaining 0 002 % sulfur werequantitativelyinvestigated bytensiletestat973 K, SEMobservation of fracture surface and scanning Auger electron spectroscopy.Theexperimental resultscan besum marized as follows:(1) addition of phosphorustothe iron remarkablysuppressestheintergranular fractureinduced bythesegregation of sulfur at973 Kandincreasesthe hot ductility;(2) phosphorusstrikingly decreasesthesegregation ofsulfur atgrain boundaries, whichisresponsibleforthesuppressionoftheintergranularfrac tureat973 K;(3) theremarkably decreasedsegregation ofsulfur atgrain boundariesbytheaddition of phosphoruscan beexplained bythesitecompetitioneffectandtherepulsiveinter action at grain boundariesbetweensulfuratomsand phosphorusatoms;(4) sulfurstrikinglysegregatestothevoid surfacesformed on grain boundaries, while phosphorushaslittlesegre gationtothevoid surfaces.

Key words: high purity iron , intergranular fracture, hot ductility, grain boundarysegregation