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Grain Boundary Segregation of Solutes and Intergranular Fracture in Iron Alloys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

H. Kimura ,
K. Abiko  and
S. Suzuki
H. Kimura
Affiliation:
Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980, Japan
K. Abiko
Affiliation:
Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980, Japan
S. Suzuki
Affiliation:
Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980, Japan
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Abstract

The grain boundary segregation of solutes and the effects of alloying on the phosphorus induced intergranular fracture were investigated in high purity iron-phosphorus alloys with carbon, molybdenum, chromium, nickel or silicon. The solutes were dissolved and the specimens were heat-treated in the ∝phase region, unless dislocations were intentionally introduced through the γ-∝ transformation. Thus the effects of each alloying elements were studied under simplified conditions.

Carbon is the most important element in affecting the intergranular fracture. The carbon at grain boundaries increases the boundary cohesion as its inherent effect. It also drives off phosphorus atoms from the grain boundary. With these two effects, carbon reduces the intergranular fracture very effectively. Molybdenum and chromium reduces the intergranular fracture, perhaps through the attractive interaction with phosphorus to neutralize its detrimental effect. They may increase the grain boundary cohesion as their inherent effect. Nickel reduces the intergranular fracture through the solution softening. Silicon has the same effect, of which mechanism is now being studied.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 122: Symposium I – Interfacial Structure, Properties, and Design , 1988 , 379
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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