Effect of hot-dip galvanizing processes on the microstructure and mechanical properties of 600-MPa hot-dip galvanized dual-phase steel

Chun-fu Kuang; Zhi-wang Zheng; Min-li Wang; Quan Xu; Shen-gen Zhang

doi:10.1007/s12613-017-1530-2

Volume 24 Issue 12

Dec. 2017

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Chun-fu Kuang, Zhi-wang Zheng, Min-li Wang, Quan Xu, and Shen-gen Zhang, Effect of hot-dip galvanizing processes on the microstructure and mechanical properties of 600-MPa hot-dip galvanized dual-phase steel, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 24(2017), No. 12, pp. 1379-1383. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-017-1530-2

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Chun-fu Kuang, Zhi-wang Zheng, Min-li Wang, Quan Xu, and Shen-gen Zhang, Effect of hot-dip galvanizing processes on the microstructure and mechanical properties of 600-MPa hot-dip galvanized dual-phase steel, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 24(2017), No. 12, pp. 1379-1383. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-017-1530-2

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Effect of hot-dip galvanizing processes on the microstructure and mechanical properties of 600-MPa hot-dip galvanized dual-phase steel

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Chun-fu Kuang E-mail: kuangchunfu@126.com
Received: 31 January 2017; Revised: 1 August 2017; Accepted: 3 August 2017

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A C-Mn dual-phase steel was soaked at 800℃ for 90 s and then either rapidly cooled to 450℃ and held for 30 s (process A) or rapidly cooled to 350℃ and then reheated to 450℃ (process B) to simulate the hot-dip galvanizing process. The influence of the hot-dip galvanizing process on the microstructure and mechanical properties of 600-MPa hot-dip galvanized dual-phase steel (DP600) was investigated using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and tensile tests. The results showed that, in the case of process A, the microstructure of DP600 was composed of ferrite, martensite, and a small amount of bainite. The granular bainite was formed in the hot-dip galvanizing stage, and martensite islands were formed in the final cooling stage after hot-dip galvanizing. By contrast, in the case of process B, the microstructure of the DP600 was composed of ferrite, martensite, bainite, and cementite. In addition, compared with the yield strength (YS) of the DP600 annealed by process A, that for the DP600 annealed by process B increased by approximately 50 MPa because of the tempering of the martensite formed during rapid cooling. The work-hardening coefficient (n value) of the DP600 steel annealed by process B clearly decreased because the increase of the YS affected the computation result for the n value. However, the ultimate tensile strength (UTS) and elongation (A₈₀) of the DP600 annealed by process B exhibited less variation compared with those of the DP600 annealed by process A. Therefore, DP600 with excellent comprehensive mechanical properties (YS=362 MPa, UTS=638 MPa, A₈₀=24.3%, n=0.17) was obtained via process A.
- hot-dip galvanizing process;
- dual-phase steel;
- microstructure;
- mechanical properties

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