Three-Dimensional Morphologies of Different Oriented Grains in Hi-B Steel Formed During Early Stage of Secondary Recrystallization Annealing
Yang XU,Siqian BAO(),Gang ZHAO,Xiangbin HUANG,Rusheng HUANG,Bingbing LIU,Nana SONG
The State Key Laboratory of Refractories and Metallurgy, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China
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Yang XU,Siqian BAO,Gang ZHAO,Xiangbin HUANG,Rusheng HUANG,Bingbing LIU,Nana SONG. Three-Dimensional Morphologies of Different Oriented Grains in Hi-B Steel Formed During Early Stage of Secondary Recrystallization Annealing. Acta Metall Sin, 2017, 53(5): 539-548.
Microstructure and texture evolution of Hi-B steel have been extensively studied in the past decades, and the microstructures are ordinarily characterized only using a single two-dimensional plane of polished or thin foil specimen. Much information on the morphologies is lost owing to the fact that a large part of microstructure is embedded beneath the polished surface, or removed during specimen preparation. Recently, computer-aided three-dimensional morphologies have been developed which can visualize microstructure in metals. The three-dimensional visualization promotes a better understanding of the actual information of polycrystalline materials, especially when the grain morphologies and size were required in three dimensions. In this work, three-dimensional morphologies of different oriented grains which include Goss, brass, {411}<148> and {111}<112> oriented grains in Hi-B steel formed during early stage of secondary recrystallization annealing were investigated by a combination of serial sectioning, computer-aided reconstruction and visualization, and electron back-scattered diffraction technique, and then the growth behavior of Goss oriented grains before abnormal growth was discussed. The results show that Goss oriented grains mainly exhibit pagoda shape, brass oriented grains are similar to inverted taper shape, which the grain sizes reduce gradually from the surface of the sample to the internal along normal direction, and {411}<148> oriented grains also exhibit pagoda shape and inverted taper shape. However, the morphologies of {111}<112> oriented grains show irregular shape. Compared with other oriented grains, Goss oriented grains have no size advantages on three-dimensional scale, and the growth of Goss oriented grains is mainly controlled by curvature before they grow up abnormally.
Fig.1 Schematic of the alignment of images and marking of object crystals
Fig.2 Schematic of geometric dimensions of equivalent cuboid
Fig.3 EBSD orientation images of different oriented grains formed during early stage of secondary recrystallization annealing after heated to 950 ℃ (a), 1000 ℃ (b), 1010 ℃ (c) and 1020 ℃ (d) (RD—rolling direction, TD—transverse direction; G1~G8 represent eight Goss oriented grains, respectively; B1~B5 represent five brass oriented grains, respectively; L1~L5 represent five {111}<112> oriented grains, respectively; T1~T8 represent eight {411}<148> oriented grains, respectively)
Fig.4 Three-dimensional morphologies of G1~G8 (a~h) grains in Fig.3 (ND—normal direction)
Fig.5 Morphologies of G3 grain polished to 15 (a), 23 (b), 31 (c) and 39 (d) layers, respectively(The arrows indicate G3 grains in different layers)
Grain No.
L (RD) / μm
W (TD) / μm
H (ND) / μm
L∶W∶H
G1
102.60
102.89
93.96
1∶1∶0.92
G2
195.46
170.28
131.10
1∶0.87∶0.67
G3
142.38
160.40
137.70
1∶1.13∶0.97
G4
87.50
60.56
84.01
1∶0.69∶0.96
G5
114.95
130.50
111.30
1∶1.14∶0.97
G6
90.87
85.52
91.13
1∶0.94∶1
G7
103.66
119.92
91.35
1∶1.16∶0.88
G8
74.80
72.60
70.02
1∶0.97∶0.94
Table 1 Geometric dimensions of equivalent cuboid of G1~G8 grains in Fig.3
Fig.6 Three-dimensional morphologies of B1~B5 (a~e) grains in Fig.3
Fig.7 Morphologies of B4 grain polished to 8 (a), 16 (b), 24 (c) and 32 (d) layers, respectively (The arrows indicate B4 grains in different layers; "G2" indicates big {110}<001> oriented grain below the B2 grain)
Grain No.
L (RD) / μm
W (TD) / μm
H (ND) / μm
L∶W∶H
B1
102.77
86.60
51.23
1∶0.84∶0.5
B2
76.83
68.13
77.30
1∶0.89∶1
B3
154.94
113.41
65.36
1∶0.73∶0.42
B4
215.78
110.36
64.00
1∶0.51∶0.3
B5
71.03
66.62
77.30
1∶0.94∶1.08
Table 2 Geometric dimensions of equivalent cuboid of B1~B5 grains in Fig.3
Fig.8 Three-dimensional morphologies of L1~L5 (a~e) grains in Fig.3
Fig.9 Morphologies of L4 grain polished to 18 (a), 30 (b), 42 (c), 54 (d), 66 (e) layers, respectively (The arrows indicate L4 grains in different layers; "1" indicates big {112}<110> oriented grain below L4 grain; "2" indicates small grain at the bottom left corner of L4 grain; "3" indicates emerging grain at the corner of L4 grain)
Grain No.
L (RD) / μm
W (TD) / μm
H (ND) / μm
L∶W∶H
L1
121.66
128.66
110.77
1∶1.06∶0.91
L2
102.19
129.06
108.79
1∶1.26∶1.06
L3
166.95
209.40
163.40
1∶1.25∶0.98
L4
108.99
114.76
137.55
1∶1.05∶1.26
L5
79.73
66.32
78.10
1∶0.83∶0.98
Table 3 Geometric dimensions of equivalent cuboid of L1~L5 grains in Fig.3
Fig.10 Three-dimensional morphologies of T1~T8 (a~h) grains in Fig.3
Grain No.
L (RD) / μm
W (TD) / μm
H (ND) / μm
L∶W∶H
T1
105.82
97.30
44.60
1∶0.92∶0.42
T2
174.79
128.21
105.93
1∶0.73∶0.61
T3
130.89
108.47
70.65
1∶0.83∶0.54
T4
117.18
103.08
79.97
1∶0.88∶0.68
T5
92.49
90.13
93.10
1∶0.97∶1
T6
109.33
105.44
105.72
1∶0.96∶0.96
T7
101.18
110.19
80.50
1∶1.09∶0.8
T8
118.90
122.84
156.50
1∶1.03∶1.32
Table 4 Geometric dimensions of equivalent cuboid of T1~T8 grains in Fig.3
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